Oolina melo d’Orbigny, 1839

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 : 9

Oolina melo d’Orbigny, 1839

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Oolina melo: d’Orbigny 1839 a: 20 , pl. 5, fig. 9; Boltovskoy 1963: 64, pl. 7, fig. 17; Lankford & Phleger

1973: 123, pl. 13, figs 8, 9; Hayward et al. 1999: 122, pl. 8, fig. 3; Albani et al. 2001.

Material examined: A27399 .

Distribution: Cosmopolitan, inner shelf, littoral. Around South Africa from Sea Point to Hermanus. Reported by McMillan (1987 a) from the coast of Namibia.

Remarks: This species has been widely reported by different authors. The test was more elongated and the costae were not as well-defined compared to the specimen illustrated by Hayward et al. (1999).The specimen is very similar to the species illustrated by Albani et al. (2001).

Figures

Fig. 3 A–L: (A, B) Lagena semilineata Wright, 1886; (C) Lagena sulcata Walker & Jacob, 1798; (D) Lagena tenuis (Bornemann, 1855); (E, F) Lagenosolenia sp. “A”; (G–I) Oolina sp. “A”; (J) Oolina melo d’Orbigny, 1839; (K) Oolina squamosulcata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922); (L) Fissurina marginata (Montagu, 1803).