Chilostomelloidea is a superfamily of foraminifera in the order Rotaliida.[1] They are found in sediments of Early Cretaceous (Barremian) to the present.[2]

Chilostomelloidea
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Present
(Barremian - present)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Superfamily: Chilostomelloidea
Brady, 1881
Families

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Synonyms

Chilostomellacea

The test, or shell, may be trochospiral to planispiral throughout, or just in the early part with the later part uncoiled. Chambers may be somewhat enveloping, and attached forms may uncoil in the adult. In coiled forms, the aperture is interiomarginal, or terminal in uncoiled forms. The test wall is made of optically granular perforate hyaline (glassy) oblique calcite.

Subtaxa

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The superfamily Chilostomelloidea consists of the following families:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chilostomelloidea Brady, 1881. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ Loeblich, A.R. Jr.; Tappan, H. (2015). Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification. Springer. p. 624.