Ammonia (genus)

Ammonia
Ammonia tepida
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Ammoniidae
Subfamily: Ammoniinae
Genus: Ammonia
Brünnich, 1772
Type species
Nautilus beccarii
Species
  • Ammonia aberdoveyensis Haynes, 1973
  • Ammonia abramovichae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia advena (Cushman, 1922)
  • Ammonia akitaae Hayward, Frenzel & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia aoteana (Finlay, 1940)
  • Ammonia arabica Kaushik, 2021
  • Ammonia ariakensis Akimoto, 2002
  • Ammonia batava (Hofker, 1951)
  • Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ammonia bellaria Schönfeld, Beccari, Schmidt & Spezzaferri, 2021
  • Ammonia bradyi (Billman, Hottinger & Oesterle, 1980)
  • Ammonia buzasi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia caspica Shchedrina in Mayer, 1968
  • Ammonia collinsi (Parr, 1932)
  • Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978
  • Ammonia convexa (Collins, 1958)
  • Ammonia convexidorsa Zheng, 1978
  • Ammonia corallinarum (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832)
  • Ammonia debenayi Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
  • Ammonia decorata Golik, 1977
  • Ammonia differens McCulloch, 1977
  • Ammonia dilucida Shchedrina, 1984
  • Ammonia fajemilai Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia falsobeccarii (Rouvillois, 1974)
  • Ammonia glans Shchedrina, 1984
  • Ammonia goldsteinae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia goodayi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia haigi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia hattai Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia heterogenea (Shchedrina, 1984)
  • Ammonia irridescens (Arnal, 1958)
  • Ammonia jacksoni Buzas, Smith & Beem, 1977
  • Ammonia japonica (Hada, 1931)
  • Ammonia jorisseni Hayward, Holzmann & Renjaan, 2021
  • Ammonia justinparkeri Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia karadagica (Dolgopolskaya & Pauli, 1931)
  • Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943)
  • Ammonia kitazatoi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia morleyae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia moroensis Hofker, 1978
  • Ammonia neobeccarii Shchedrina & Mayer, 1975
  • Ammonia parasovica Shchedrina & Mayer, 1975
  • Ammonia parkinsoniana (d'Orbigny, 1839)
  • Ammonia pauciloculata (Phleger & Parker, 1951)
  • Ammonia paucipora Zheng, 1979
  • Ammonia pawlowskii Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
  • Ammonia rolshauseni (Cushman & Bermúdez, 1946)
  • Ammonia rugulosa Parker, 2009
  • Ammonia shchedrinae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021
  • Ammonia sobrina (Shupack, 1934)
  • Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)
  • Ammonia turgida (Hofker, 1951)
  • Ammonia venecpeyreae Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
  • Ammonia veneta (Schultze, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Challengerella Billman, Hottinger & Oesterle, 1980
  • Hammonia Soldani, 1789
  • Pseudohelenina Collins, 1974
  • Rolshausenia Bermúdez, 1952
  • Rotalia (Turbinuline)
  • Strebloides Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963
  • Streblus Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
  • Turbinulina Risso, 1826

Ammonia is a genus of marine foraminifers. It is one of the most abundant foraminifer genera worldwide and is found in sheltered, shallow marine intertidal environments, sometimes in brackish waters.