Etymology: < modern Latin Lituola, diminutive of Latin lituus (see lituusn.: the name refers to the shape of the shell) + -itesuffix1.
Geology.
A microscopic fossil foraminifer of the genus Lituola.
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1843 W. HumbleDict. Geol.Lituolite, a fossil lituola.
1859 D. PageHandbk. Geol. Terms 235Lituolite,..so called from their spiral forms and straight prolonged outer whorl; occur chiefly in the Chalk formation.
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