Textulariacea
The Textulariacea is a superfamily of Middle Jurassic to Holocene agglutinated benthic textulariid Foraminifera. Tests are trochospiral, triserial, or biserial in early stages; later may be biserial or uniserial. Walls are agglutinated, made of gathered material cemented together and are canaliculate - contain micro-tubular cavities extending between the inner and outer surfaces.
Textulariacea Temporal range: M Jurassic - Recent | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | SAR |
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Superfamily: | Textulariacea Ehrenberg, 1838 |
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Textulariidae |
The Textulariacea comprises eight families, as indicated.
References
- Textulariacea in Loeblich and Tappan, 1988, Foraminferal genera and their classification
- Gupta, Barun K. Sen (2002). Modern Foraminifera. Springer. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-4020-0598-5.
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