Foraminifera taxon details
Discorboidea Ehrenberg, 1838
465844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465844)
accepted
Superfamily
Discorbacea Ehrenberg, 1838 · unaccepted
- Family Bagginidae Cushman, 1927
- Family Bronnimanniidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984
- Family Bueningiidae Saidova, 1981
- Family Cancrisidae Chapman, Parr & Collins, 1934
- Family Conorbinidae Reiss, 1963 †
- Family Discorbidae Ehrenberg, 1838
- Family Eponididae Hofker, 1951
- Family Mississippinidae Saidova, 1981
- Family Pannellainidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984
- Family Pegidiidae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
- Family Placentulinidae Kasimova, Poroshina & Geodakchan, 1980
- Family Rosalinidae Reiss, 1963
- Family Ungulatellidae Seiglie, 1964
- Family Neosistanitidae Acar, 2019 † accepted as Stomatorbininae Saidova, 1981 (Type genus is an objective synonym of Sistanites included in the Stomatorbininae)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Über dem blossen Auge unsichtbare Kalkthierchen und Kieselthierchen als Hauptbestandtheile der Kreidegebirge. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1838: 192-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11050066
page(s): p. 200.; note: Family. [details]
page(s): p. 200.; note: Family. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Discorboidea Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465844 on 2026-07-16
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Über dem blossen Auge unsichtbare Kalkthierchen und Kieselthierchen als Hauptbestandtheile der Kreidegebirge. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1838: 192-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11050066
page(s): p. 200.; note: Family. [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 200.; note: Family. [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
