Sigmavirgulina tortuosa  (Brady, 1881)
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Bolivinitidae
 
found at Socotra
in the sea north of Socotra
   Arabian Sea   Yemen
 
Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent
 
the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg. The specimen is provided by
 
 
 
The identification is based upon:
 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1994: Foraminifera of the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea.  Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication 31. 661 pp. Plate 261, Fig. 
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1001791
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-03-29. doi: 10/dt5p