Ammodiscacea

Ammodiscacea Temporal range: Early Cambrian - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Order:	Textulariida
Superfamily:	Ammodiscacea Reuss, 1867
Family:	Ammodiscidae Reuss, 1867
Subfamilies
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The Ammodiscacea is a superfamily of foraminifera in the order Textulariida. tests (or shells) are made of agglutinated grains and consist of a proloculus (the initial chamber) followed by an enrolled tubular second chamber open at the distal end, that lacks internal septa but which may have growth constrictions.

Ammodiscacea includes a single family, the Ammodiscidae, which contains five subfamilies:

Ammodiscinae

Ammovertellininae

Ammovolummininae

Tolypammininae

Usbekistaniinae

References

• Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book. Ammodiscacea