Ammodiscus
Genus of foraminifera
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Ammodiscus is a genus in the family Ammodiscidae of textulariid foraminifera. Ammodiscus species are vagile, epibenthic foraminiferans, usually found in seawater with normal salinity.
| Ammodiscus Temporal range: Silurian - Present | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Tubothalamea |
| Order: | Spirillinida |
| Family: | Ammodiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Ammodiscinae |
| Genus: | Ammodiscus Reuss, 1862 |