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Pilulina

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Pilulina was named by Carpenter (1870). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pelosininae by Cushman (1927); and to Pilulininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Pilulina Carpenter p. 33
1927Pilulina Cushman p. 12
1988Pilulina Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
subfamilyPilulininaeBrady 1884
genusPilulinaCarpenter 1870

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. Pilulina Carpenter 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984
Collections
No collection or age range data are available