Planorbulina mediterranensis d’Orbigny, 1826

Toefy, R., Gibbons, M. J. & McMillan, I. K., 2005, The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa, African Invertebrates 46, pp. 1-26 : 21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7664789
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scientific name	Planorbulina mediterranensis d’Orbigny, 1826
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Planorbulina mediterranensis d’Orbigny, 1826 View in CoL View at ENA

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Planorbulina mediterranensis: d’Orbigny 1826: 280 View in CoL , pl. 14, figs 4–6; Cushman 1959: 552, pl. 37, figs 1, 2;

Cifelli & Smith 1970: 42; Brasier 1975: pl. 1, fig. 5; Albani et al. 2001.

Material examined: A27423 View Materials , A27427.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Inner shelf to littoral. Around South Africa from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth. Recorded by McMillan (1987 a) from the coast of Namibia and by Dale and McMillan (1999) from the west coast of South Africa.

Remarks: Wide variation in shape and number and arrangement of chambers in specimens.