Foraminifera - Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Parent taxon: Asterigerinacea according to J.-P. Margerel 2012
See also Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004, Cushman 1927 and Wienrich 1997
Sister taxa: Asterigerinidae, Epistomariidae
Subtaxa: Amphistegina
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (5), French Polynesia (1), India (1), Japan (1), Jordan (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Mauritius (2), Mayotte (5), New Caledonia (1), Palau (1), Panama (1), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (1), Taiwan (1), United States (6: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Comoros (1)
• Pliocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (7), Italy (3), Panama (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (7), Cape Verde (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (3), Egypt (2), France (9), Indonesia (4), Iran (4), Israel (1), Italy (11), Malaysia (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (4), Romania (3), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), Turkey (7), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), China (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (11), Malta (8), New Zealand (1), Puerto Rico (1), Spain (4), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Costa Rica (1), Iran (1), Maldives (1), Mexico (2), Romania (2), Spain (1), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 161 collections including 168 occurrences