Kingdom: Protista
Subkingdom: Protozoa
Phylum: Sarcomastigophora Honigberg and Balamuth, 1963
Subphylum: Sarcodina Schmarda, 1871
Superclass: Rhizopoda von Siebold, 1845
Class: Granuloreticulosea De Saedeleer, 1934
Order: Foraminifera
Foraminifera can be more generally described as any Protozoan belonging
to the order Foraminifera which is characterized and subdivided by variable
morphologies with respect to test chamber arrangement and composition.
By 1993 over 684 categories of foraminifera were recognized above the
level of genus. Twelve suborders, 74 superfamilies, 296 families, 302 subfamilies
define a total of 3620 genera.1
1 Lipps, J.H. Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists