Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ovammina

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Ovammina was named by Dahlgren (1962). It is extant.

It was assigned to Saccammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Ovammina Dahlgren p. 31
1988Ovammina Loeblich and Tappan

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
subfamilySaccammininaeBrady 1884
genusOvamminaDahlgren 1962

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. Ovammina Dahlgren 1962
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984
Collections
No collection or age range data are available