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Lacosteina

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Lacosteinidae

Taxonomy
Lacosteina was named by Marie (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp]. It is the type genus of Lacosteinidae.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lacosteinidae by Hayward et al. (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Lacosteina Marie
2002Lacosteina Sepkoski
2022Lacosteina Hayward et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyEouvigerinoideaCushman 1927
familyLacosteinidaeSigal 1952
genusLacosteinaMarie 1945

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.

G. †Lacosteina Marie 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available