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Brachysiphon

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Brachysiphon is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhizamminidae by Cushman (1927); to Saccammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Brachysiphon Cushman p. 8
1988Brachysiphon Loeblich and Tappan
2002Brachysiphon Sepkoski

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available