Textularioidea
Superfamily of single-celled organisms
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Textularioidea 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.
| Textularioidea Temporal range: M Jurassic - Recent | |
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| Textularia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Globothalamea |
| Order: | Textulariida |
| Superfamily: | Textularioidea Ehrenberg, 1838 |
| Families | |
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Textulariidae | |
Textularioidea comprises eight families, as indicated.