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Sitella

Turrilinidae

Taxonomy
Sitella is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sitella Sepkoski
2022Sitella Hayward et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTurrilinaceaCushman 1927
familyTurrilinidaeCushman 1927
genusSitella

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. †Sitella
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available