Saccammina

noun

Sac·​cam·​mi·​na

səˈkamənə,

saˈk-

: a genus of foraminiferans having a thick arenaceous test often in the shape of a pear, spindle, or sphere, having survived from the Ordovician to the present time, and making up with their remains various Carboniferous strata

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