Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Rotalioidea > Family Ammoniidae > Subfamily Ammoniinae

Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rotalia (Turbinuline)*		synonym
*Strebloides*	Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963	synonym
*Streblus*	Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	synonym
*Turbinulina*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Children

Ammonia aberdoveyensis Haynes, 1973
Ammonia advena (Cushman, 1922)
Ammonia ammoniformis (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Ammonia batava (Hofker, 1951)
Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ammonia falsobeccarii (Rouvillois, 1974)
Ammonia flevensis (Hofker, 1930)
Ammonia inflata (Seguenza, 1862)
Ammonia parkinsoniana (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)

Literature

original description	Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp.
basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
additional source	Hayward, B. W.; Holzmann, M.; Grenfell, H. R.; Pawlowski, J.; Triggs, C. M. (2004). Morphological distinction of molecular types in Ammonia - towards a taxonomic revision of the world's most commonly misidentified foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology. 50: 237-271.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammonia Brünnich, 1771. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112078