Vaginulina margaritifera Parr, 1950       

Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Vaginulinida  Family: Vaginulinidae
Taxon Profile

found at Porcupine Station 27   west of Ireland   off territorial waters   from 99m depth
Rockall Bank

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission.
© Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.

HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Vaginulina margaritifera Parr, 1950


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 66, Fig. 16