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Cassidulinoidea

Globothalamea - Rotaliida

Taxonomy
Cassidulinoidea was named by d'Orbigny (1839). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Loeblich and Tappan (1984).

It was assigned to Rotaliida by d'Orbigny (1839) and Loeblich and Tappan (1984).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cassidulinoidea d'Orbigny
1984Cassidulinoidea Loeblich and Tappan p. 45

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

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. Cassidulinoidea d'Orbigny 1839
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Fm. Sphaeroidinidae Cushman 1927
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G. Eusphaeroidina UjiiƩ 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1984Test enrolled biserial or may be secondarily uncoiled, or may be biserial to uniserial; wall calcareous, perforate, optically hyaline oblique; aperture an interiomarginal slit, or may become terminal. U. 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