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Ammodiscacea

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Eukaryota

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Superfamily

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Textulariida, Ammodiscus, Textulariina, Allogromiida

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:

AmmodiscinaeAmmovertellininaeAmmovolummininaeTolypammininaeUsbekistaniinae

References

Ammodiscacea Wikipedia


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