Orbulina  universa  d'Orbigny, 1839       

Class: Globothalamea   Subclass: Rotaliana   Order: Rotaliida   Family: Globigerinidae
Taxon Profile

found in the waters at the Reykjanes Ridge    off territorial waters   

Geological Time: recent  Holocene  Quaternary


the plummercell is provided by Dr. Karla Kreisel

View of specimens of Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839

the field is photographed by Georg Wawczyniak

The identification is based upon:
Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R., 1989: Modern Planktonic Foraminifera. Springer Verlag 363 pp. Plate 2.3., Fig. n-o