Ammodiscidae

Ammodiscidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Tubothalamea
Order: Spirillinida
Suborder: Ammodiscina
Mikhalevich, 1980
Superfamily: Ammodiscoidea
Reuss, 1862
Family: Ammodiscidae
Reuss, 1862
Subfamilies[1]
  • Ammodiscinae Reuss, 1862
  • Ammovertellininae Saidova, 1981
  • Tolypammininae Cushman, 1928
  • Usbekistaniinae Vyalov, 1968

Ammodiscidae is a family of foraminifera in the order Spirillinida. It was described by August Emanuel von Reuss in 1862.[1] Ammodiscidae is the sole member of the monotypic superfamily Ammodiscoidea,[2] which in turn is the sole member of the monotypic suborder Ammodiscina.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hayward BW, Cedhagen T, Kaminski M, Gross O (eds.). "Ammodiscidae". World Modern Foraminifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  2. Hayward BW, Cedhagen T, Kaminski M, Gross O (eds.). "Ammodiscoidea". World Modern Foraminifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  3. Hayward BW, Cedhagen T, Kaminski M, Gross O (eds.). "Ammodiscina". World Modern Foraminifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-01-24.

Further reading

  • 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