Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Discorbidae

 

found  off Panama

off Panama

   Caribbean   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

unknown origin, photographed by

 

 

umbilical side

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1931: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 8. Rotaliidae, Amphisteginidae, Calcarinidae, Cymbaloporettidae, Globorotaliidae, Anomalinidae, Planorbulinidae, Rupertiidae and Homotremidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 9, Fig. 2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1011602