Psammosphaera bowmanni (Heron-Allen and Earland, 1912)       

Class: Astrorhizata  Subclass: Astrorhizana  Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Psammosphaeridae

found in the North Atlantic          

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


the drawings are published in the book cited below
author and collection: Joseph A. Cushman

View of a specimen of Psammosphaera bowmanni (Heron-Allen and Earland, 1912)

height about ,45mm

The identification is based upon:
Cushman, J., A., 1918: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 1. Astrorhizidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104. Plate 9, Fig. 5,6