WoRMS taxon details
Miliolidae Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Ammosigmoilinella Zheng, 1988
- Genus Medovia Borro & Zernetzkij in Zernetskij & Mel'nik, 1975
- Genus Neoquinqueloculina Nguyen Ngoc, 1995
- Genus Planispirinoides Parr, 1950
- Genus Rudoloculina Guilbault & Patterson, 1998
- 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 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]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Miliolidae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111898 on 2025-07-16
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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]
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]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Miliolina" [details]
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]
Other
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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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]
[request]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]
