Cyclammina

Cyclammina is a genus of foraminifers in the family Cyclamminidae. Most species are extinct, but there are a few that are extant.

Cyclammina
Temporal range:
Cyclammina pusilla
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Foraminifera
Class:
Rotaliata
Subclass:
Textulariia
Order:
Loftusiida
Family:
Cyclamminidae
Subfamily:
Cyclammininae
Genus:
Cyclammina

Brady, 1876[1]
Species

Several, including:

  • Cyclammina bradyi Cushman, 1910
  • Cyclammina cancellata Brady, 1879 (type)
  • Cyclammina compressa Cushman, 1917
  • †Cyclammina elegans Cushman & Jarvis 1932
  • Cyclammina orbicularis Brady, 1884
  • †Cyclammina pacifica Beck, 1943
  • †Cyclammina pauciloculata Brady, 1879
  • Cyclammina pusilla Brady, 1884
  • Cyclammina senegalensis Colom, 1956

C. elegans was a species from the Cretaceous of Trinidad[2] and from New Zealand.[3]

See also

References
  1. A Monograph of Carboniferous and Permian Foraminifera:(the Genus Fusulina Excepted). HB Brady, 1876
  2. Upper Cretaceous Foraminifera from Trinidad. Joseph Augustine Cushman, PW Jarvis Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1932.
  3. Hayward, B.W.; Tendal, O.S.; Carter, R.; Grenfell, H.R.; Morgans, H.E.G.; Scott, G.H.; Strong, C.P.; Hayward, J.J. (2012). Phylum Foraminifera: foraminifera, xenophyophores, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pages 242-287
  • Beck, R. Stanley (1943); "Eocene Foraminifera from Cowlitz River, Lewis County, Washington" Journal of Paleontology 17'(6), pages 584-614
  • Data related to Cyclammina at Wikispecies
  • "Cyclammina" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Cyclammina". Fossilworks from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Cyclammina at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)


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