Allogromiida

Allogromiida Temporal range: Early Cambrian - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Monothalamea
Order:	Allogromiida Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
Superfamilies
Allogromida incertae sedis Ammodiscacea Astrorhizacea Hippocrepinacea Lagynacea Komokiacea

Allogromiida is an order of single-chambered, mostly organic-walled foraminiferans, including some that produce agglutinated tests (Lagynacea). Genetic studies indicate that some foraminiferans with agglutinated tests, previously included in the Textulariida or as their own order Astrorhizida, may also belong here. Allogromiids produce relatively simple tests, usually with a single chamber, similar to those of other protists such as Gromia . They are found as both marine and freshwater forms, and are the oldest forms known from the fossil record.

Genus

• Allogromia

References

• Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1964). Protista 2: Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. C (5th ed.). Geological Society of America, University of Kansas Press. ISBN   978-0-8137-3003-5.
• Loeblich, A.R.; Tappan, H. (1988). "Forminiferal Genera and their Classification". Geological Survey of Iran. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16.
• Gupta, Barun K. Sen, ed. (2002). "Systematics of modern foraminifera". Modern Foraminifera. Springer. pp. 16–. ISBN   978-1-4020-0598-5.

Further reading

• Gooday, Andrew; Hori, Saori; Todo, Yuko (23 August 2002). "Soft-walled, monothalamous benthic foraminiferans in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans: aspects of biodiversity and biogeography". Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 52 (1): 33–53. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2003.07.002.