Textulariacea
{{Short description|Superfamily of single-celled organisms}}
{{Taxobox
| name = Textulariacea
| fossil_range = M Jurassic - Recent
| domain = Eukaryota
| unranked_regnum = SAR
| unranked_subregnum = Rhizaria
| phylum = Retaria
| subphylum = Foraminifera
| classis = Globothalamea
| ordo = Textulariida
| superfamilia = Textulariacea
| superfamilia_authority = Ehrenberg, 1838
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
}}
The Textulariacea is a superfamily of Middle Jurassic to Holocene agglutinated benthic textulariid Foraminifera. Tests are trochospiral, triserial, or biserial in early stages; later may be biserial or uniserial. Walls are agglutinated, made of gathered material cemented together and are canaliculate - contain micro-tubular cavities extending between the inner and outer surfaces.
The Textulariacea comprises eight families, as indicated.
References
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- [http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_48/SubOrderId_66/SuperFamilyId_793/Action_SuperFamilyView/TEXTULARIACEA.html Textulariacea] in Loeblich and Tappan, 1988, Foraminferal genera and their classification [https://web.archive.org/web/20120616112446/http://www.gsi.ir/General/Lang_en/Page_48/Action_FirstPageView/FORAMINIFERIDA.html]
- {{cite book |first=Barun K. Sen |last=Gupta |title=Modern Foraminifera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-3tUmXW-IgC&pg=PA16 |date=2002 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4020-0598-5 |pages=16–}}
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