Eggerella compressa ( Andreae, 1884 )

Benedetti, A, 2017, Eocene / Oligocene deep-water agglutinated foraminifers (DWAF) assemblages from the Madonie Mountains (Sicily, Southern Italy), Palaeontologia Electronica 20 (1), pp. 1-66 : 48

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Eggerella compressa ( Andreae, 1884 )
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Eggerella compressa ( Andreae, 1884) View in CoL

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1884 Verneulina compressa ; Andreae, p. 107, pl. 8, figs. 2, 3.

1937 Eggerella compressa (Andreae) ; Cushman, p. 47, pl. 5, fig. 7, 8 (cum syn.).

Material. One specimen from the sample PC13.

Description. Test free, large, initially 4–5 chambers per whorl, whereas the adult stage becomes triseriate. Wall coarsely agglutinated.

Distribution. Oligocene ( Andreae, 1884)

Remarks. The specimens figured by Andreae are smaller (at least 1.3 mm) in respect to the collected specimen measuring 2.5 mm.

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