APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Protoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) - A buliminid foram (Foraminifera images)
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Buliminid foram
Protoglobobulimina pupoides
- form 1

Buliminid foram
Protoglobobulimina pupoides
- foram 2

Buliminid foram
Protoglobobulimina pupoides
- foram 3

Species found in coral and sand debris, that was retrieved from a small float found by T. Tucker at Praa Sands, near Helston, Cornwall. 10.03.2001. The float was covered with deepsea corals, Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758), a number of Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794), Cockscomb cup coral and the mollusc Neopycnodonte cochlear, the Deepsea oyster.

Images of foram taken on 07.10.16.

Confirmed by Michael Hesemann of the Foraminifera.eu Project

Buliminid foram
Protoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) syn. Bulimina pupoides d'Orbigny, 1846 - Figure 124, from Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain, Williamson, 1858.

Buliminid foram
Protoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) syn. Bulimina pupoides d'Orbigny, 1846 - Figure 125, from Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain, Williamson, 1858.

Bulimina pupoides of Williamson, Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain, 1858. Printed for the Ray Society.

Original name:
Bulimina pupoides d'Orbigny, 1846
Synonymised names:
Bulimina ovata d'Orbigny, 1846
Bulimina pupoides d'Orbigny, 1846 (Type species of Protobulimina)
Globobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Praeglobobulimina ovata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Praeglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Subjective junior synonym of Praeglobobulimina pupoides in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010))
Praeoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) (synonym)
Pseudoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Synonym)
Ref. WoRMS

Protoglobobulimina pupoides Bulimina ovata Globobulimina Hole Bearer or Foram Foraminifera Images
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