Ismailia is a genus of foraminifera with an agglutinated, planispirally coiled, semi-involute shell, known from the Egyptian Sinai, that lived during the early part of the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian). Agglutinated shells (or tests) are composed of selected foreign material cemented together.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Globothalamea |
| Order: | Loftusiida |
| Family: | Charenitidae |
| Genus: | Ismailia El-Dakkak, 1974 |
Ismailia, named by El-Dakkak, 1974, is assigned to the family Charenitidae and to the superfamily Biokovinacea, which are now included in the Loftusiida, an order established by Kaminski & Mikhalevich (2004). Prior to, both the Loftusiacea and Biokovinacea, along with other superfamilies, were included in the Textulariida.
References edit
- Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1988 (e-book)Forminiferal Genera and Their Classification
- Michael A. Kaminski, 2004. The Year 2000 Classification of the Agglutinated Foraminifera, in Bubík, M. & Kaminski, M.A. (eds), 2004. Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 8, 237-255.
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