Ammoscalaria Höglund, 1947 
AphiaID: 112322

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Rhizaria (Infrakingdom) > Foraminifera (Phylum) > Globothalamea (Class) > Textulariia (Subclass) > Lituolida (Order) > Lituolina (Suborder) > Lituoloidea (Superfamily) > Discamminidae (Family) > Ammoscalaria (Genus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Haplophragmium tenuimargo Brady, 1882 accepted as Ammoscalaria tenuimargo (Brady, 1882) (type by original designation)
Parent		Discamminidae Mikhalevich, 1980
Sources		original description Höglund, H. (1947). Foraminifera in the Gullmar Fjord and the Skagerak. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 26: 1-328. [details] basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Nomenclator Zoologicus Online. , available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (12) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Ammoscalaria agrestiformis Zheng & Fu, 2001 Species Ammoscalaria compressa (Cushman & McCulloch, 1939) Species Ammoscalaria difficilis Kuzina, 1964 † Species Ammoscalaria ensiformis Zheng & Fu, 2001 Species Ammoscalaria georgescotti Hayward, 2010 Species Ammoscalaria pseudospiralis (Williamson, 1858) Species Ammoscalaria runiana (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1916) Species Ammoscalaria tenuimargo (Brady, 1882) Species Ammoscalaria tenuissima Zheng & Fu, 2001 Species Ammoscalaria tenuitestata Kuzina, 1964 † Species Ammoscalaria fluvialis Parker, 1952 accepted as Ammomarginulina fluvialis (Parker, 1952) Species Ammoscalaria foliacea (Brady, 1881) accepted as Eratidus foliaceus (Brady, 1881)
Environment		marine
Link		To ITIS
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Foraminifera) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Exoskeleton (including shells) » Structure Non-solid: particles » Composition Variable (inherited from Lituolida) [details] Supporting structure & enclosure Exoskeleton (including shells) » Structure Non-solid: cement » Composition Organic (inherited from Lituolida) [details] [show lower level...]        Loading...
Note		From other sources Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image		Ammoscalaria
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112322
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gross, Onno 2006-09-05 08:30:55Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2010-10-06 06:54:56Z   changed   Hayward, Bruce 2014-03-07 08:24:41Z   changed   Hayward, Bruce
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		Citation: Hayward, B.; Gross, O. (2014). Ammoscalaria Höglund, 1947. In: Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Gross, O. (2017). World Foraminifera Database. Accessed at http://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112322 on 2017-09-22