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Rotaliammina

Trochamminidae

Taxonomy
Rotaliammina was named by Cushman (1924). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Loeblich and Tappan (1984).

It was assigned to Trochammininae by Cushman (1927); and to Rotaliammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Rotaliammina Cushman p. 11
1927Rotaliammina Cushman p. 40
1984Rotaliammina Loeblich and Tappan p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTrochamminaceaSchwager 1877
familyTrochamminidaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyRotaliammininae
genusRotaliammina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rotaliammina Cushman 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:20:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:20:21
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Gradstein and Kaminski 1997, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984
Collections
No collection or age range data are available