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Nummulitidae

Nummulitidae

Taxonomy
Nummulitidae was named by Blainville (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Dorreen (1948); to Rotaliina by Beavington-Penney and Racey (2004); and to Nummulitacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1984), Margerel (2012), Raafat et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Arnaudiella, Assilina, Cycloclypeus, Dictyoconos, Gaziryina, Heteroclypeus, Heterostegina, Nummulitella, Nummulitinae, Nummulostegina, Operculina, Operculinella, Palaeonummulites, Planostegina, Ranikothalia, Spiroclypeus
Entered
by S. Nurnberg (authorized by M. Aberhan) on 2007-06-15; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Nummulitidae Blainville
1927Nummulitidae Cushman p. 51
1948Nummulitidae Dorreen p. 291
1984Nummulitidae Loeblich and Tappan p. 86
2004Nummulitidae Beavington-Penney and Racey
2012Nummulitidae Margerel
2025Nummulitidae Raafat et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827
familyNummulitidaeBlainville 1827
familyNummulitidaeBlainville 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Nummulitidae Blainville 1827
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†Assilina alpina Douville 1916
†Assilina laminosa Gill 1953
G. †Dictyoconos Blanckenhorn 1900
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†Dictyoconos egyptiensis Chapman 1900
G. †Gaziryina Muftah and Boukhary 2013
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†Gaziryina pulchella Hantken in de la Harpe 1883
G. †Heteroclypeus Schubert 1906
G. Heterostegina d'Orbigny 1826
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Heterostegina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839
†Heterostegina reticulata Rutimeyer 1850
G. †Nummulitella Dorreen 1948
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†Nummulitella polystylata Dorreen 1948
Subfm. †Nummulitinae de Blainville 1827
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G. Nummulites Lamarck 1801
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†Nummulites biarritzensis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
†Nummulites carmenensis Anderson 1928
†Nummulites chavannesi de la Harpe 1878
†Nummulites deserti de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites fraasi de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites globulus Leymerie 1846
†Nummulites heeri de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites incrassatus de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites laevigatus Bruguière 1792
†Nummulites lyelli dArchiac and Haime 1853
†Nummulites madaraszi Hantken 1876
†Nummulites midawaraensis Kenawy 1978
†Nummulites paleocaenicus Hillebrandt 1962
†Nummulites stellatus Roveda 1961
†Nummulites striatus Bruguière 1792
†Nummulites subvasseuri Douvillé 1920
†Nummulites variolarius Lamarck 1804
†Nummulites vasseuri Douvillé 1920
Invalid names: Operculinoides [synonym]
G. †Nummulostegina Schubert 1907
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†Operculina canalifera d'Archiac 1850
†Operculina pacifica Whipple 1932
G. Operculinella Yabe 1918
G. Palaeonummulites Schubert 1908
G. †Planostegina Banner and Hodgkinson 1991
G. †Ranikothalia Caudri 1944
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†Ranikothalia nuttalli Davies 1927
†Ranikothalia sindensis Davies 1927
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†Spiroclypeus granulosus Boussac 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available