Bulimina inflata Sequenza

Hanagata, S & Nobuhara, T, 2015, Illustrated guide to Pliocene foraminifera from Miyakojima, Ryukyu Island Arc, with comments on biostratigraph, Palaeontologia Electronica (Cambridge, England) 33 (8), pp. 1-142 : 82

Bulimina inflata Sequenza

Figures 26.7, 26.8

1862 Bulimina inflata Seguenza , p. 25, pl. 1, fig. 10.

1941 Bulimina inflata Seguenza — LeRoy (Part 1), p. 32, pl. 2, figs. 71, 72; LeRoy (Part 2), p. 79, pl. 1, fig. 5.

1944 Bulimina inflata Seguenza — LeRoy (Part 2), p. 85, pl. 7, fig. 21.

1964 Bulimina inflata Seguenza — LeRoy, p. F30, pl. 11, fig. 6.

1966 Bulimina striata d’Orbigny — Belford, pp. 59, 61, pl. 5, figs. 6—8, text-figs. 5-7, 5-8, 7-11.

Remarks. This species resembles B. striata , but can be differentiated by its robust and inflated chambers and raised costae covering almost all surface of chambers close to the shoulder of the ultimate chamber.

Occurrence. Abundant in only a single sample of the Yonahama Formation.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Family Buliminidae, Buliminellidae, and Uvigerinidae. All scale bars = 0.1mm, unless otherwise indicated. 1, 2. Bulimina aculeata d'Orbigny, 1: MPC-26168 from sample 8 (Yonahama Formation, PL4); 2: MPC-26169 from sample 8-2 (Yonahama F., PL4). 3, 4. Bulimina aff. kochiensis Takayanagi, 3: MPC-26174 from sample 1 (Minebari F., PL5); 4: MPC-26175 from sample 2 (Minebari F., PL5). 5, 6. Bulimina gutta Cushman and Parr, 5: MPC- 26170 from sample 14 (Yonahama F., PL4); 6: MPC-26171 from sample 14-2 (Yonahama F., PL4). 7, 8. Bulimina inflata Seguenza, 7: MPC-26172, 8: MPC-26173, both from sample MK01 (Yonahama F., PL2). 9, 10. Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 9: MPC-26176 from sample MK01 (Yonahama F., PL2); 10: MPC-26177 from sample MK02B (Minebari F., PL5). 11, 12. Bulimina striata d'Orbigny, 11: MPC-26178 from sample 3-2-low-silt (Onogoshi F., PL1); 12: MPC-26179 from sample 4-2 (Minebari F., PL5). 13, 14. Bulimina subornata Brady, 13: MPC-26180 from sample 5 (Minebari F., PL5); 14: MPC-26181 from sample MK02B (Minebari F., PL5). 15, 16. Bulimina truncana Gümbel, 15: MPC-26182 from sample 7 (Yonahama F., PL4); 16: MPC-26183 from sample 14-2 (Yonahama F., PL4). 17—19. Globobulimina pyrula (d'Orbigny), 17: MPC-26281 from sample 17 (Yonahama F., PL2); 18: MPC-26282 from sample MK02B (Minebari F., PL5); 19: MPC-26283 from sample 2-2 (Minebari F., PL5). 20. Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny), MPC-26184 from sample MK02B (Minebari F., PL5). 21, 22. Euuvigerina asperula (Cžjžek), 21: MPC- 26243 from sample 8 (Yonahama F., PL4); 22: MPC-26244 from sample 16 (Yonahama F., PL3). 23, 24. Euuvigerina canariensis (d'Orbigny), 23: MPC-26245 from sample 2 (Minebari F., PL5); 24: MPC-26246 from sample MK02A (Minebari F., PL5).