Foraminifera taxon details
Miliolidae Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Hemimiliola Andersen, 1997 †
- Genus Heteromiliola Andersen, 1997 †
- Genus Kartalina Sirel, 2012 †
- Genus Miliolacostata Andersen, 1997 †
- Subfamily Miliolinae Ehrenberg, 1839 †
- Genus Ankaraella Sirel, 1998 †
- Genus Chaldagia Matsumaru, 2016 †
- Genus Crenulostomina Quilty, 1974 †
- Genus Helentappanella Andersen, 1985 †
- Genus Miliola Lamarck, 1804 †
- Genus Picouina Andersen, 1984 †
- Genus Rupertianella Loeblich & Tappan, 1985
- Genus Saxicolina Sherborn, 1896 † accepted as Miliola Lamarck, 1804 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Saxicoline Deshayes, 1830 † accepted as Miliola Lamarck, 1804 † (Objective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 nom. vernac.)
- Genus Tappanella Andersen, 1984 † accepted as Helentappanella Andersen, 1985 † (Junior homonym of Tappanella Gudina & Saidova, 1969)
- Subfamily Neaguitinae Andersen, 1984 †
- Genus Neaguites Andersen, 1984 †
- Genus Texina Andersen, 1984 † accepted as Neaguites Andersen, 1984 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Neoquinqueloculina Nguyen Ngoc, 1995
- Genus Planispirinoides Parr, 1950
- Genus Planotrillina Bignot & Strougo, 2002 †
- Genus Praemurgella Luperto Sinni, Martin-Chivelet & Giménez, 2000 †
- Genus Pseudonummoloculina Calvez, 1988 †
- Genus Rudoloculina Guilbault & Patterson, 1998
- Genus Pseudohottingerina Acar, 2019 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possible subjective synonym with Globoflarina sphaeroidea (Fleury))
- Genus Medovia Borro & Zernetzkij in Zernetskij & Mel'nik, 1975 accepted as Parrina Cushman, 1931 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Chávez Marrero (2006))
- Genus Miliolites Lamarck, 1804 † accepted as Miliola Lamarck, 1804 †
- Genus Miliolonella accepted as Miliolinella Wiesner, 1931 (lapsus calami)
- Genus Pateoris Loeblich & Tappan, 1953 accepted as Miliolinella Wiesner, 1931 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Pentellina Munier-Chalmas, 1882 † accepted as Miliola Lamarck, 1804 † (Objective synonym, Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Genus Pseudotriloculina Rasheed, 1971 accepted as Rupertianella Loeblich & Tappan, 1985 (Junior homonym of Pseudotriloculina Cherif, 1970 New name in Loeblich & Tappan (1985))
- Genus Sinuloculina Łuczkowska, 1972 accepted as Pseudotriloculina Cherif, 1970 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Miliolina" [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Miliolina" [details]
Diagnosis Test with chambers one-half coil in length added in one or numerous regular planes; wall calcareous, porcelaneous,...
Diagnosis Test with chambers one-half coil in length added in one or numerous regular planes; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, thick, and with numerous pseudopores that may result in a complex wall structure; aperture terminal. M. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Miliolidae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111898 on 2026-01-12
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Miliolina" [details]
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Miliolina" [details]
context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test with chambers one-half coil in length added in one or numerous regular planes; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, thick, and with numerous pseudopores that may result in a complex wall structure; aperture terminal. M. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
