Biology:Textulariacea

Short description: Superfamily of single-celled organisms

Textulariacea Temporal range: M Jurassic - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Order:	Textulariida
Superfamily:	Textulariacea Ehrenberg, 1838
Families
Textulariidae Chrysalidinidae Eggerellidae Glaucoamminidae Pseudogaudryinidae Valvulamminidae Valvulinidae

The Textulariacea is a superfamily of Middle Jurassic to Holocene agglutinated benthic textulariid Foraminifera. Tests are trochospiral, triserial, or biserial in early stages; later may be biserial or uniserial. Walls are agglutinated, made of gathered material cemented together and are canaliculate - contain micro-tubular cavities extending between the inner and outer surfaces.

The Textulariacea comprises eight families, as indicated.

References

• Textulariacea in Loeblich and Tappan, 1988, Foraminferal genera and their classification [1]
• Gupta, Barun K. Sen (2002). Modern Foraminifera. Springer. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-4020-0598-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=K-3tUmXW-IgC&pg=PA16. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7708518 entry