Robertinida

Robertinida
Systematics
without rank: Sar without rank: Rhizaria without rank: Retaria without rank: Foraminifera (Foraminifera) without rank: Globothalamea without rank: Robertinida
Scientific name
Robertinida
Loeblich & Tappan , 1984

The robertinida are a shell -bearing, sea-dwelling unicellular taxon belonging to the group of foraminifera .

Features and way of life

The species in the group form shells made of translucent aragonite , which they excrete. The housings are multi-chambered and perforated and rolled up from plane spiral to trochospiral.

Systematics

The group has been fossilized since the Triassic period and currently consists of two sub-taxa:

• • Ceratobuliminacea
    • Ceratobuliminidae
    • Epistominidae
  • Robertinacea
    • Robertinidae

proof

• Barun K. Sen Gupta: Systematics of modern Foraminifera , In: Barun K. Sen Gupta (Ed.): Modern Foraminifera . Springer Netherlands (Kluwer Academic), 2002, ISBN 978-1-4020-0598-5 , pp. 23 .
• Alfred R. Loeblich, Jr., Helen Tappan: Foraminiferal genera and their classification , e-book of the "Geological Survey Of Iran" , 2005, online , last accessed on December 28, 2009