Peneroplis is an extant genus of benthic Foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae. The genus is also represented in the fossil record.
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| Illustration of Peneroplis planatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Tubothalamea |
| Order: | Miliolida |
| Family: | Peneroplidae |
| Genus: | Peneroplis de Montfort, 1808[1] |
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Peneroplis arbusculus | |
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Cristellaria Lamarck, 1816 | |
Peneroplis dwell in upper photic zone. They favour tropical to temperate shallow marine environments, feeding on diatoms[2]
See also
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edit- ^ Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. P Denys-De-Montfort - 1808
- ^ Consorti, Lorenzo; Kavazos, Christopher Ronald James; Ford, Cliff; Smith, Margaret; Haig, David W. (2020). "High productivity of Peneroplis (Foraminifera) including aberrant morphotypes, in an inland thalassic salt pond at Lake Macleod, Western Australia". Marine Micropaleontology. 160. Elsevier BV: 101919. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101919. ISSN 0377-8398.
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