STYLOSPHAEROIDEA Haeckel, 1887

Suzuki, Noritoshi, Caulet, Jean-Pierre & Dumitrica, Paulian, 2021, A new integrated morpho- and molecular systematic classification of Cenozoic radiolarians (Class Polycystinea) - suprageneric taxonomy and logical nomenclatorial acts, Geodiversitas 43 (15), pp. 405-573 : 456

Superfamily STYLOSPHAEROIDEA Haeckel, 1887

sensu Dumitrica (1984)

Stylosphaerida Haeckel, 1887: 121 [as a family], 133 [as a subfamily].

Stylosphaerilae – Dumitrica 1984: 98 [as a sub-superfamily].

DIAGNOSIS. — Spumellarian consists of one to three shells with bipolar, bladed spines. The innermost shell is pyriform shape.

REMARKS

This superfamily consists of the Entapiidae , Stylatractidae , Stylosphaeridae , and Tubosphaeridae Suzuki , n. fam. However, both Stylatractidae and Tubosphaeridae Suzuki , n. fam. were excluded from the diagnosis above.The appropriate superfamily distribu - tions of the Tubosphaeridae Suzuki , n.fam. and Stylatractidae are uncertain because of the absence of a pear-shaped internal shell.