Rotaliida
| Rotaliida Temporal range: Triassic - Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Rhizaria |
| Superphylum: | Retaria |
| Phylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Rotalidia |
| Order: | Rotaliida |
| Suborders | |
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the Rotallida is an order in the Kingdom Protista, phylum or class Foraminifera characterized by multilocular tests (shells) composed of bilammelar perforate hyaline lamellar calcite that may be optically radial or granular. Where Foraminifera is a phylum, the Class Rotalidia is equivalent to the order.
In form rotaliid tests are typically enrolled but maybe reduced to biserial or uniserial or may be encrusting with proliferated chambers. Chambers may be simple or subdivided by secondary partitions; surface smooth, papillate. costate, striate or cancellate; aperture simple or with internal toothplate, entosolenian tube or hemicylindrical structure; may have internal canal or stolen systems'
Rotaliids are primarily oceanic benthos, although some are common in shallower estuarine waters. They also include many important fossils, such as the nummulitids.
Taxonomy
The Rotaliida are now divided into the following superfamilies.
Acervulinoidea
Annulopatellinoidea
Asterigerinoidea
Chilostomelloidea
Discorboidea
Discorbinelloidea
Glabratelloidea
Nonionoidea
Nummulitoidea
Orbitoidoidea †
Planorbulinoidea
Rotalioidea
Siphoninoidea
References
- A. R. Loeblich & H.Tappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Loeblich, Jr, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1988). Foraminiferal genera and their classification. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. ISBN 9780442259372.
- Gupta, Barun K. Sen, ed. (1999). Modern foraminifera (Repr. with corr. ed.). Dordrecht [u.a.]: Kluwer Acad. Publ. ISBN 0412824302.
External links
- Suborder ROTALIINA Delage and Hérouard, 1896 (Geological Survey of Iran)