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Textularioidea

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.

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Textularioidea
Temporal range: M Jurassic - Recent
Textularia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Textulariida
Suborder: Textulariina
Superfamily: Textularioidea
Ehrenberg, 1838
Families

Textulariidae
Chrysalidinidae
Eggerellidae
Glaucoamminidae
Pseudogaudryinidae
Valvulamminidae
Valvulinidae

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 comprises eight families, as indicated.

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