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Amphisteginidae

Amphisteginidae

Taxonomy
Amphisteginidae was named by Cushman (1927). It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Wienrich (1997); to Rotaliina by Beavington-Penney and Racey (2004); and to Asterigerinacea by Margerel (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Amphisteginidae Cushman
1927Amphisteginidae Cushman p. 79
1997Amphisteginidae Wienrich p. 75
2004Amphisteginidae Beavington-Penney and Racey
2012Amphisteginidae Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAsterigerinacead'Orbigny 1839
familyAmphisteginidaeCushman 1927
familyAmphisteginidaeCushman 1927

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. Amphisteginidae Cushman 1927
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G. Amphistegina d'Orbigny 1826
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Amphistegina euaensis Todd 1970
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available