Miliolida
The Miliolida are an order of foraminifera with calcareous, porcelacous tests that are imperforate and commonly have a pseudochitinous lining. Tests are composed of randomly oriented calcite needles that have a high proportion of magnesium along with organic material. Tests lack pores and generally have multiple chambers.
12 branches of this order, most-observed first
Soritidae
familySoritidae
Miliolidae
familyMiliolidae
Cornuspiroidea
superfamilyCornuspiroidea
Nubeculariidae
familyNubeculariidae
Miliolacea
superfamilyMiliolacea
Miliamminidae
familyMiliamminidae
Cribrolinoididae
familyCribrolinoididae
Alveolinidae
familyAlveolinidae
Ophthalmidiidae
familyOphthalmidiidae
Squamulinidae
familySquamulinidae
Fischerinidae
familyFischerinidae
Soritoidea
superfamilySoritoidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 348304.