Globigerina sp. ---       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globigerinida  Family: Globigerinidae
Taxon Profile

found in core V24-64 of cruise VM 2403 by research vessel Vema
off Kiribati   off territorial waters   

Geological Time:   Pleistocene  Quaternary

the raw material is provided by the Lamont Doherty Core Repository
and the specimen is photographed by Dieter Ketelsen

View of specimens of Globigerina  ---

no secondary apertures as in Globigerinoides visible
lack of 5-6 chambers in last whorl as in Neogloboquadrina dutertrei

The identification is based upon:
Kennett, J. P., Srinivasan, M. S., 1983: Neogene planktonic foraminifera: A phylogenetic atlas Publisher, Hutchinson Ross Plate 7ff, Fig.