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Foraminifera are mostly marine organisms that have been around for about 550 million years and when they die, their shells accumulate on the ocean floor and become part of the ocean sediment.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Foraminifera are tiny, single-celled organisms that live in the oceans.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

Figure 18.10 Foraminifera from the Ambergris Caye area of Belize.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

All Foraminifera, however, are not provided with shells.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various

Other classifications of the Foraminifera will be found by G.H.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various