Massilina planata Cushman, 1932       

Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

found in bottom samples from the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea   Banda, Timor and Arafura Sea      

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


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Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, CFFR

View of a specimen of Massilina planata Cushman, 1932


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 75, Fig. 16-18