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Al-Zamel, A.; Cherif, A. (1997). Naxotia, a new milioline genus (Foraminifera) from Naxos, Greece. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Mh. 630-638.
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Al-Zamel, A.; Cherif, A.
1997
Naxotia, a new milioline genus (Foraminifera) from Naxos, Greece.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Mh
630-638
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Naxotia n. g. is introduced for evolute quinqueloculine forms, with 5 chambers visible externally, tests with greasy luster and necked circular aperture with two teeth. Quinqueloculina adelaidensis HOWCHIN & PARR 1938 has been chosen as genotype. Representatives of the only known species of this genus have been also found in several shallow-water marine sediments of the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts of Egypt.
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Naxotia Al-Zamel & Cherif, 1997 (original description)