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Sorosphaera confusa

Lectotype and Metatype of specimens of Sorosphaera confusa
in the Collections of the Natural History Museum, London.
4. from Porcupine Sta. 23, 630 fathoms, 56.7N, 14.19 W off NW Ireland
5. from Porcupine Sta. 47, 540 fathoms, NW of Scotland.    Taxon Profile                     

Images are shown with permission and thanks to Michael A. Kaminski,
the Natural History Museum London (copyright-holder) and Grzybowski Foundation. The images are made by Andrew S. Henderson with the NHM Palaeontology imaging system.



4. Lectotype of Sorosphaera confusa Brady, 1879, from Brady Collection, 1959.5.11.402, Scale bar = 671 µm.
5. Metatype specimen of Sorosphaera confusa Brady, 1879, from Brady Collection, ZF 2364, Scale bar = 346 µm.

The classification is by: MICHAEL A. KAMINSKI, CLAUDIA G. CETEAN and ANDREW S. HENDERSON in Lectotypes of type species of Agglutinated Foraminiferal Genera in the Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Part 1. Astrorhizina and Saccamminina in Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera edited by Kaminski; Coccioni as Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication NO 13, PG 63-77, 2008
      Sorosphaera confusa, Lectotype Natural History Museum, London