WoRMS taxon details
Ammoastutinae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984
737682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737682)
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Subfamily
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Ammoastutinae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737682 on 2026-09-18
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test compressed, ovate to flabelliform in outline, early chambers in slightly arcuate uniserial series, later chambers more enrolled, increasing rapidly in length as added, and extending back toward the proloculus on the inner margin; aperture an areal opening in the center of the apertural face, and may be accompanied by multiple openings near the base of the final chamber. U. Cretaceous (Turonian) to Holocene; shallow brackish water. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
