Cyclammina

Cyclammina Temporal range: 140.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cyclammina pusilla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Rotaliata
Subclass:	Textulariia
Order:	Loftusiida
Family:	Cyclamminidae
Subfamily:	Cyclammininae
Genus:	Cyclammina Brady, 1876[1]
Species
Several, including: Cyclammina bradyi Cushman, 1910 Cyclammina cancellata Brady, 1879 (type) Cyclammina compressa Cushman, 1917 †Cyclammina elegans Cushman & Jarvis 1932 Cyclammina orbicularis Brady, 1884 †Cyclammina pacifica Beck, 1943 †Cyclammina pauciloculata Brady, 1879 Cyclammina pusilla Brady, 1884 Cyclammina senegalensis Colom, 1956

Cyclammina is a genus of foraminifers in the family Cyclamminidae. Most species are extinct, but there are a few that are extant.

C. elegans was a species from the Cretaceous of Trinidad[2] and from New Zealand.[3]

See also

• List of prehistoric foraminifera genera

References

1. A Monograph of Carboniferous and Permian Foraminifera:(the Genus Fusulina Excepted). HB Brady, 1876
2. Upper Cretaceous Foraminifera from Trinidad. Joseph Augustine Cushman, PW Jarvis Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1932.
3. Hayward, B.W.; Tendal, O.S.; Carter, R.; Grenfell, H.R.; Morgans, H.E.G.; Scott, G.H.; Strong, C.P.; Hayward, J.J. (2012). Phylum Foraminifera: foraminifera, xenophyophores, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pages 242-287

• Beck, R. Stanley (1943); "Eocene Foraminifera from Cowlitz River, Lewis County, Washington" Journal of Paleontology 17'(6), pages 584-614

External links

• Data related to Cyclammina at Wikispecies
• "Cyclammina". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• "Cyclammina". Paleobiology Database.
• Cyclammina at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)