Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Parent taxon: Miliolidae according to A. Bertels 1964
See also Cushman 1927, Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Margerel 2009, Margerel 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1997
Sister taxa: Ammovertella, Decussoloculina, Miliolinae, Neaguitinae, Pyrgo, Sigmoilina, Sinuloculina, Trillina
Subtaxa: Spiroloculina acescata Spiroloculina acutimargo Spiroloculina antillarum Spiroloculina cretacea Spiroloculina excavata Spiroloculina karina Spiroloculina lamposa Spiroloculina lisbonensis Spiroloculina ornata Spiroloculina samoensis Spiroloculina wilcoxensis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Greece (2), Mayotte (4), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Egypt (2), Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Germany (6), India (1), Iran (2), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Libya (1), Nigeria (2), South Africa (1), United States (3: Alabama, California)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Oman (1), Turkey (73), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Turkey (13)
• Triassic of India (1)
Total: 139 collections including 144 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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