Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globorotaliida  Family: Globorotaliidae

found at off Louisiana

   Gulf of Mexico   USA

from a sediment trap

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

The SEM is made and provided by

View of a specimen of Globorotalia truncatulinoides (d'Orbigny, 1839)

Scale Bar 200µm
dextrally coiled, non-encrusted specimen

The identification is based upon: Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R., 1989: Modern Planktonic Foraminifera.  Springer Verlag 363 pp. Plate 2.6., Fig. d-f

 

dataset number: FEU-1002983