Superfamily TOURNAYELLACEA Dain, 1953
Tournayellacea Loeblich and Tappan. 1984 (*1918), p. 21, nom. corr. pro supedeamily Tournayellidea.
Tournayellidea Dain, in Rauzer-Chernousova and Fursenko, 1959 (*2531), p. 183, nom. transl. ex family Tournayellidae.
Proloculus followed by planispiral to streptospiral enrolled tubular second chamber, may uncoil in later stage; periodic growth or slight internal protuberances from the wall may result in incipient septa; wall of micro-granular calcite, may have agglutinated inclusions; aperture single or cribrate. U. Devonian (Frasnian) to U. Carboniferous (Namurian).