Oryctoderma Loeblich and Tappan 1961 (foram)

Foraminifera - Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae

Full reference: A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1961. Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa), renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74:213-234

Parent taxon: Diffusulininae according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1961

See also Loeblich and Tappan 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Daitrona, Diffusilina

Subtaxa: Oryctoderma pisum Oryctoderma rotundata Oryctoderma rugosa Oryctoderma teicherti

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Type: Crithionina rotundata

Ecology: stationary infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oryctoderma in the database

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