Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Buliminida  Family: Fursenkoinidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 219A   Micronesia + Philippine Basin   off territorial waters   from 15m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission. © Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.. HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 52, Fig. 31