Archaias Montfort 1808 (foram)

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Parent taxon: Archaisinae according to J.-P. Margerel 2012

See also Cushman 1927, Khameiss and Harris 2024, Kiessling 2003, Loeblich and Tappan 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphisorus, Androsina, Cycloputeolina, Cyclorbiculina, Cyclorbiculinoides, Globoflarina, Miosorites, Parasorites

Subtaxa: Archaias angulatus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Egypt (5 collections)

• Miocene of Cuba (1), India (6), Iran (13), Israel (1), Somalia (2), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Türkiye (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Iran (34), Italy (1), Malta (8), Spain (2), United States (1: Florida)

Total: 79 collections including 80 occurrences

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