Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)       5   more

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globorotaliida  Family: Globorotaliidae
Taxon Profile

found in core MD95-2040 from the Oporto Seamount   off Biscaya and Iberia   Portugal   

Geological Time: Quaternary  Pleistocene  
the age of the core ranges from present to 340ka

the SEM-image is contributed by Dr. Lucia de Abreu

View of a specimen of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)

sinistral ultrastructure

The identification is based upon:
Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R., 1989: Modern Planktonic Foraminifera. Springer Verlag 363 pp. Plate 2.4., Fig. g