Miliolana is a subclass established by Saidova, 1981 that comprises porcelaneous members of the
Miliolata
Miliollata is a class wherein Foraminifera is regarded as a phylum that unites the porcelaneous Miliolida
The Miliolida are an order of foraminifera with calcareous, porcelacous tests that are imperforate and commonly have a pseudochitinous li ...
from the
Cornuspirida,
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 agglutinated forms removed to the
Miliamminana, and
Soritida. Included are both free and attached forms, some coiled with two chambers per whorl arranged in different planes, others that are irregular or have serial chambers, and still others are fusiform with complex interiors, superficially resembling the
Fusulinacea. The unifying character is their imperforate porcelaneous tests.
References
Miliolata-Foraminifera*Alfred R Loeblich jr & Helen Tappan,1964. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2; Sarcodina, chiefly "Thecamoibians" and Foraminiferida. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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Foraminifera
Foraminifera taxa