Foraminifera - Asterigerinacea
Parent taxon: Rotaliina according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1961
See also Margerel 2012
Sister taxa: Acervulinacea, Annulopatellinacea, Aubignyna, Bolivinacea, Bolivinitacea, Buliminacea, Carterinacea, Cassidulina, Cassidulinacea, Cassidulinidae, Caucasina, Chilostomellacea, Coryphostoma, Delosinacea, Discorbacea, Discorbinellacea, Discorbitura, Eouvigerinacea, Fursenkoinacea, Glabratellacea, Globorotalitidae, Hedbergellacea, Islandiellidae, Lepitorbitoididae, Mississippinidae, Nodosariacea, Nummulitacea, Orbitoidacea, Osangulariidae, Pappina, Planorbulinacea, Pleurostomellidae, Reussellidae, Rotaliacea, Siphoninacea, Siphoninidae, Spirillinacea, Spiroloxostoma, Turrilinacea
Subtaxa: Amphisteginidae Asterigerinidae Epistomariidae
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (5), France (1), 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 (3), Austria (9), Cape Verde (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (3), Egypt (2), France (9), Germany (49), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (4), Israel (1), Italy (12), Malaysia (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (5), 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), North Atlantic (3), Puerto Rico (1), Spain (4), United States (2: Florida, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), France (1), Hungary (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Maldives (1), Mexico (2), Romania (2), Spain (9), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), United States (3: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
• Paleocene of Spain (2)
• Cretaceous of Tunisia (31)
Total: 272 collections including 301 occurrences