Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Parent taxon: Soritacea according to J.-P. Margerel 2012
See also Cushman 1927, Dorreen 1948 and Loeblich and Tappan 1988
Sister taxa: Keramosphaeridae, Siphonoferidae, Soritidae
Subtaxa: Archiacina Coscinospira Dendritina Laevipeneroplis Monalysidium Orbitolitinae Penarchaias Renulina Spirolina Spirolininae Vandenbroeckia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (2 collections)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Cyprus (1), Iran (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (2), Italy (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Oman (1), Somalia (1), Spain (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Bulgaria (1), Iraq (1)
• Paleocene of Iraq (4)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), Spain (2)
Total: 29 collections including 37 occurrences