Cassidulinidae
The Cassidulinidae is a family of Paleocene to recent benthic foraminifera (amoeboid protists) that make up part of the rotaliid superfamily Cassidulinoidea, characterized by calcareous test with biserially arranged chambers in a planispiral coil, at least in the early stage, but which later may uncoil.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ehrenbergina
genusEhrenbergina
Cassidulina
genusCassidulina
Cassidulininae
subfamilyCassidulininae
Globocassidulina
genusGlobocassidulina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1349901.