Belongs within: Rotaliida.
The Rotaliidae are a group of trochospiral Foraminifera known from the Upper Cretaceous to the present (Loeblich & Tappan 1964b).
Characters (from Loeblich & Tappan 1964b): Test trochospiral throughout; with radial canals or fissures and intraseptal and subsutural canals.
<==Rotaliidae
|–Rupertininae [Rupertiidae] LT64b
| |–Rupertina Loeblich & Tappan 1961 [=Rupertia Wallich 1877 non Gray 1865] LT64b
| | `–*R. stabilis (Wallich 1877) [=*Rupertia stabilis] LT64b
| `–Biarritzina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 [=Columella Halkyard 1918 non Westerlund 1878] LT64b
| `–*B. carpenteriaeformis (Halkyard 1918) [=*Columella carpenteriaeformis] LT64b
|–Pegidiinae [Pegidiidae] LT64a
| |–Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
| | `–*P. dubia (d’Orbigny 1826) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| `–Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
| `–*S. papillata Heron-Allen & Earland 1928 C40
|–Chapmanininae LT64b
| |–Crespinina Wade 1955 LT64b
| | `–*C. kingscotensis Wade 1965 LT64b
| |–Ferayina Frizzell 1949 LT64b
| | `–*F. coralliformis Frizzell 1949 LT64b
| |–Chapmanina Silvestri 1931 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| | |–*C. gassinensis (Silvestri 1905) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| | `–C. galea (Silvestri 1923) [=Chapmania galea, *Preverina galea] LT64b
| `–Sherbornina Chapman 1922 LT64b
| |–*S. atkinsoni Chapman 1922 C40
| `–S. crassata Q72
|–Cuvillierininae LT64a
| |–Cuvillierina Debourle 1955 LT64b
| | `–C. vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona 1948) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| |–Arnaudiella Douvillé 1907 LT64b
| | `–*A. grossouvrei Douvillé 1907 C40
| |–Crespinella Parr 1942 LT64b
| | `–*C. umbonifera (Howchin & Parr 1938) [=Operculina umbonifera] LT64b
| |–Fissoelphidium Smout 1955 LT64b
| | `–*F. operculiferum Smout 1955 LT64b
| |–Penoperculoides Cole & Gravell 1952 [=Penoperculinoides Hanzawa 1962] LT64b
| | `–*P. cubensis Cole & Gravell 1952 LT64b
| |–Pokornyellina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| | `–*P. douvillei (Abrard 1926) [=*Siderina douvillei, *Pokornyella douvillei] LT64b
| |–Pseudosiderolites Smout 1955 LT64b
| | `–*P. vidali (Douvillé 1907) [=Siderolites vidali] LT64b
| |–Pseudowoodella Haque 1956 LT64b
| | `–*P. mamilligera Haque 1956 LT64b
| |–Storrsella Drooger 1960 LT64b
| | `–*S. haasteri (van den Bold 1946) [=Cibicides haasteri] LT64b
| |–Daviesina Smout 1954 [incl. Miscellanoides Sander 1962] LT64b
| | |–*D. khatiyahi Smout 1954 LT64b
| | `–‘*Miscellanoides’ bramkampi Sander 1962] LT64b
| `–Thalmannita Bermúdez 1952 [incl. Ornatanomalina Haque 1956] LT64a
| |–*T. madrugaensis (Cushman & Bermúdez 1947) [=Rotalia madrugaensis] LT64b
| |–‘*Ornatanomalina’ geei Haque 1956 LT64b
| `–T. hafeezi LT64b
`–Rotaliinae LT64a
|–Asanoina Finlay 1939 C40
| `–*A. globosa (Yabe & Asano 1937) [=Rotaliatina globosa] LT64b
|–Sakesaria Davies in Davies & Pinfold 1937 LT64b
| `–*S. cotteri Davies in Davies & Pinfold 1937 LT64b
|–Dictyoconoides Nuttall 1925 [=Conulites Carter 1861 nec Fischer de Waldheim 1832 nec Cozzens 1846] LT64b
| `–*D. cooki (Carter 1861) [=*Conulites cooki] LT64b
|–Asterorotalia Hofker 1950 LT64b
| `–*A. pulchella (d’Orbigny in de la Sagra 1839) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
|–Dictyokathina Smout 1954 LT64b
| `–*D. simplex Smout 1954 LT64b
|–Kathina Smout 1954 LT64b
| `–*K. delseata Smout 1954 LT64b
|–Pseudorotalia Reiss & Merling 1958 LT64b
| `–*P. schroeteriana (Carpenter, Parker & Jones 1862) [=Rotalia schroeteriana] LT64b
|–Smoutina Drooger 1960 LT64b
| `–*S. cruysi Drooger 1960 LT64b
|–Lockhartia Davies 1932 C40
| |–*L. haimei (Davies 1927) [=Dictyoconoides haimei] LT64b
| `–L. conditi C40
|–Rotalia Lamarck 1804 C40 [=Rotalina de Blainville 19828 LT64b]
| |–*R. trochidiformis (Lamarck 1804) [=Rotalites trochidiformis] LT64b
| |–R. beccarii [incl. R. beccarii var. parkinsoniana] LT64a
| |–R. calcar H04
| |–R. clathrata Brady 1884 LJ98
| `–R. pulchella d’Orbigny 1826 LT64b
|–Ammonia Brünnich 1772 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| |–A. beccarii (Linnaeus 1758) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
| |–‘*Discorbula’ ariminensis Lamarck 1816 LT64b
| |–‘Rotalia’ japonica Hada 1931 LT64b
| |–A. pacifica (Asano 1936) [=*Rotalidium pacificum] LT64b
| |–‘Rotalia’ rolshauseni Cushman & Bermúdez 1946 [=*Rolshausenia rolshauseni] LT64b
| `–A. tepida (Cushman 1926) [=Rotalia beccarii var. tepida] H03
`–Pararotalia Le Calvez 1949 [incl. Neorotalia Bermúdez 1952, Woodella Haque 1956] LT64b
|–*P. inermis (Terquem 1882) [=Rotalia inermis] LT64b
|–‘Rotalia’ capdevilensis [incl. *Woodella granosa Haque 1956] LT64b
|–P. mexicana (Nuttall 1928) [=Rotalia mexicana, *Neorotalia mexicana] LT64b
|–P. nammalensis LT64b
|–P. nipponica JW99
|–P. perclara (Loeblich & Tappan 1957) [=Globorotalia perclara] MO81
`–P. stellata (de Férussac 1827) S05
Ammonia Brünnich 1772 [=Hammonium Fichtel & Moll 1798, Streblus Fischer 1817, Turbinulina Risso 1826; incl. Discorbula Lamarck 1816, Rolshausenia Bermúdez 1952, Rotalidium Asano 1936] LT64b
Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus 1758) [=Nautilus beccarii, *Hammonium beccarii, *Streblus beccarii, *Turbinulina beccarii] LT64b
*Asterorotalia pulchella (d’Orbigny in de la Sagra 1839) [=Calcarina pulchella non Rotalia pulchella d’Orbigny 1826 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.), Pulvinulina pulchella, Rotalia trispinosa Thalmann 1933] LT64b
Chapmanina Silvestri 1931 [=Archapmanoum Rhumbler 1913, Chapmania Silvestri & Prever in Silvestri 1904 non Monticelli 1893; incl. Preverina Frizzell 1949] LT64b
*Chapmanina gassinensis (Silvestri 1905) [=*Chapmania gassinensis, *Archapmanoum gassinicoum Rhumbler 1913] LT64b
Cuvillierina vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona 1948) [=Laffitteina vallensis; incl. *C. eocenica Debourle 1955, L. vanbelleni Grimsdale 1952] LT64b
*Pegidia dubia (d’Orbigny 1826) [=Rotalia dubia; incl. P. papillata Heron-Allen & Earland in Heron-Allen & Barnard 1918] LT64b
Pokornyellina Loeblich & Tappan 1964 [=Pokornyella Loeblich & Tappan 1961 non Oertli 1956, Siderina Abrard 1926 non Dana 1848] LT64b
*Type species of generic name indicated
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