Hormosinacea

Hormosinacea; Temporal range: M Ordovician - Recent.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Order:	Textulariida
Superfamily:	Hormosinacea; Haeckel, 1894
Families
	Aschemocellidae Cribratinidae Dusenburyinidae Haplophragmoididae Hormosinidae Telamminidae Thomasinellidae

The Hormosinacea is a superfamily of agglutinated foraminifera in the Textulariida, with a range that extends from the Middle Ordovician, that unites seven families (as indicated) characterized by multilocular tests, (more than one chamber after the proloculus), in a uniserial arrangement.

References

Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1964). Moore, R.C. (ed.). Protista 2: Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. C (5th ed.). Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-3003-5.
Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book Hormosinacea

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