The Cassidulinidae is a family of Paleocene to recent benthic foraminifera (amoeboid protists) that make up part of the rotaliid superfamily Cassidulinacea, characterized by calcareous test with biserially arranged chambers in a planispiral coil, at least in the early stage, but which later may uncoil.
| Cassidulindae Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
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| Family: | Cassidulindae (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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The Cassidulinidae includes three subfamilies, the Cassidulininae, Ehrenbergininae, and Orthoplectinae, which contain as many as fourteen (14) genera.
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- A.R. Loeblich and H. Tappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- A. R. Loeblich & H.Tappan,1988 Forminiferal Genera and their Classification GSI E-book
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