Patellina corrugata Alaminos Canyon,USA,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858

Class: Spirillinata Subclass: Spirillinana Order: Spirillinida Family: Patellinidae

found on the bottom of the Alaminos Canyon

Gulf of Mexico USA

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

View of a specimen of Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858

scale bar 50 µm

The identification is based upon:

Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 124, Fig. 2

dataset number: FEU-1024960

Citation:
Sen Gupta, B.K., M.K. Lobegeier, and L.E. Smith., 2009: Foraminiferal Communities of Bathyal Hydrocarbon Seeps, Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Taxonomic, Ecologic, and Geologic Study. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2009-013 Plate 124, Fig 2