Biology:Hormosinacea

Short description: Superfamily of single-celled organisms

Hormosinacea Temporal range: M Ordovician - Recent.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Order:	Textulariida
Superfamily:	Hormosinacea Haeckel, 1894
Families
Aschemocellidae Cribratinidae Dusenburyinidae Haplophragmoididae Hormosinidae Telamminidae Thomasinellidae

The Hormosinacea is a superfamily of agglutinated foraminifera in the Textulariida, with a range that extends from the Middle Ordovician, that unites seven families (as indicated) characterized by multilocular tests, (more than one chamber after the proloculus), in a uniserial arrangement.

References

• Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1964). Moore, R.C.. ed. Protista 2: Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. C (5th ed.). Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-3003-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=HJSotN7FA-sC. 
• Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book Hormosinacea

Wikidata ☰ Q5903811 entry