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Nonionoidea (disused)

Globothalamea - Rotaliida

Taxonomy
Nonionoidea was named by Schultze (1854). It was considered monophyletic by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

It was assigned to Rotaliida by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Nonionoidea Schultze p. 150
1988Nonionoidea Loeblich Jr and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyNonionoidea
superfamilyNonionoidea

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.

Superfm. †Nonionoidea Schultze 1854
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Invalid names: Melonidae Holzmann and Pawlowski 2017 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1988Test enrolled and planispiral to slightly asymmetrical; wall perforate, commonly of hyaline oblique calcite and appearing optically granular but rarely may be optically radial; aperture equatorial and interiomarginal, less commonly areal, a group of pores, a series of sutural openings, or a peripheral slit-like opening in each chamber that lies slightly to one side of the periphery. Upper Cretaceous to Holocene.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available