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Somalina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Taxonomy
Somalina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Opertorbitolitinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Somalina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Somalina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySoritidaeEhrenberg 1839
subfamilyOpertorbitolitinaeLoeblich and Tappan 1986
genusSomalina

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. †Somalina
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available