Vaginulina cretacea PLUMMER, 1927

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 37

Vaginulina cretacea PLUMMER, 1927

Pl. II, fig. 33

1927. Vaginulina gracilis PLUMMER , p. 172, p1. 2, fig. 8.

1946. Vaginulina cretacea PLUMMER. - CUSHMAN, p. 80, pl. 30, figs. 11-14.

1985. Vaginulina cretacea PLUMMER. - LUGER, p. 85, pl. 6, fig. 10.

Remarks: It is distinguished by a very elongated, compressed and slightly tapering test. The chambers are numerous, very distinct, slightly inflated and increasing gradually in height from the earlier chambers to the later ones.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian of southwestern Desert of Egypt by LUGER (1985). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian of the Esh El Mallaha area.