| Ammodiscacea Temporal range: Early Cambrian - Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Globothalamea |
| Order: | Textulariida |
| Superfamily: |
Ammodiscacea Reuss, 1867 |
| Family: |
Ammodiscidae Reuss, 1867 |
| Subfamilies | |
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The Ammodiscacea is a superfamily of foraminifera in the order Textulariida. Tests (or shells) are made of agglutinated grains and consist of a proloculus (the initial chamber) followed by an enrolled tubular second chamber open at the distal end, that lacks internal septa but which may have growth constrictions.
Ammodiscacea includes a single family, the Ammodiscidae, which contains five subfamilies: