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Rhizammina

Rhizamminidae

Taxonomy
Rhizammina was named by Brady (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: R]. It is extant. It was considered unknown by Brady (1879).

It was assigned to Rhabdammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Rhizamminidae by Brady (1879), Cushman (1927) and Morlotti (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Rhizammina Brady
1927Rhizammina Cushman p. 7
1988Rhizammina Loeblich and Tappan
1988Rhizammina Morlotti p. 275
2002Rhizammina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAstrorhizaceaBrady 1881
familyRhizamminidaeWiesner 1895
genusRhizammina

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. Rhizammina Brady 1879
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. B. Brady 1879Test free, tubular, branching, flexible; forming tangled weed-like tufts of indefinite size. Texture chitino-arenaceous, slightly rough externally; colour brown.