Cyclamminidae
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| Cyclamminidae Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Recent | |
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| Cyclammina pusilla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Globothalamea |
| Order: | Loftusiida |
| Suborder: | Loftusiina |
| Superfamily: | Loftusioidea |
| Family: | Cyclamminidae Loeblich and Tappan, 1982 |
| Subfamilies | |
Cyclamminidae is a family of Foraminifera in the order Loftusiida, ex textulariid subfamily Cyclammininae in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part C, Protista 2.
Cyclamminids are characterized by enrolled, involute, agglutinated tests in which the walls have an outer imperforate layer and an inner alveolar layer. Apatures are interiomarginal or near the septal base.
Includes the subfamilies Cyclammininae, Alveolophragmiinae, Buccicrenatinae, Choffatellinae, Hemicyclammininae, and Pseudochoffatellinae, as listed.
