Ammodiscacea
| Ammodiscacea Temporal range: Early Cambrian - Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Order: | Textulariida |
| Superfamily: | Ammodiscacea Reuss, 1867 |
| Family: | Ammodiscidae Reuss, 1867 |
| Subfamilies | |
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The Ammodiscacea is a superfamily of Foraminifera in the order Textulariida. Tests (or shells) are made of agglutinated grains and consist of a proloculus (the initial chamber) followed by an enrolled tubular second chamber open at the distal end, that lacks internal septa but which may have growth constrictions.
Ammodiscacea includes a single family, the Ammodiscidae, which contains five subfamilies:
- Ammodiscinae
- Ammovertellininae
- Ammovolummininae
- Tolypammininae
- Usbekistaniinae
References
- Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book. Ammodiscacea
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