Cyclamminidae

Cyclamminidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Recent.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Rotaliata
Order: Textulariida
Family: Cyclamminidae
Loeblich and Tappan, 1982
Subfamilies
Cyclammininae
Alveolophragmiinae
Buccicrenatinae
Choffatellinae
Hemicyclammininae
Pseudochoffatellinae

Cyclamminidae is a family of Foramindera in the Order Textulariida, Clas Rotaliata, ex textulariid subfamily Cyclammininae in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part C, Protista 2.

Cyclamminids are characterized by enrolled, involute, agglutinated tests in which the walls have an outer imperforate layer and an inner alveolar layer. Apatures are interiomarginal or near the septal base.

Includes the subfamilies Cyclammininae, Alveolophragmiinae, Buccicrenatinae, Choffatellinae, Hemicyclammininae, and Pseudochoffatellinae, as listed.

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