Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Family Cassidulinidae is a member of the Superfamily Cassidulinacea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cassidulinidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Order: Rotaliida
Delage & Herouard, 1896
- Superfamily: Cassidulinacea
D'orbigny, 1839
- Family: Cassidulinidae D'orbigny, 1839
- Superfamily: Cassidulinacea
D'orbigny, 1839
- Order: Rotaliida
Delage & Herouard, 1896
- Class: Foraminifera
Lee, 1990
- Phylum: Foraminifera
(Eichwald, 1830) Margulis, 1974
- Infrakingdom: Rhizaria
Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Family Cassidulinidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (8): Burseolina · Cassidella · Cassidulina · Cassidulinella · Ehrenbergina · Globocassidulina · Paracassidulina · Stichocassidulina
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 89 species and subspecies in the Family Cassidulinidae.
Genera
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Burseolina
Cassidella
Cassidulina
Cassidulinella
Ehrenbergina
Globocassidulina
Paracassidulina
Stichocassidulina
More info about the Genus Stichocassidulina may be found here.
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