Orbulina universa (d'Orbigny, 1839)       

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

found at Challenger Station 166   New Zealand and off   New Zealand   from 503m 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 Orbulina universa (d'Orbigny, 1839)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 82, Fig. 3