Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839 (foram)

Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae

Full reference: A. D. d'Orbigny. 1839. Foraminifères. Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba 1-224

Belongs to Orbulina according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020

See also Ragaini et al. 2007 and Sullivan 1962

Sister taxa: Orbulina bilobata, Orbulina suturalis

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Ireland (1), Italy (6), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Chile (1), East Timor (22), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Taiwan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of East Timor (22)

• Miocene of Cape Verde (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), East Timor (17), Ecuador (1), Greece (1), Italy (2), Panama (1), Romania (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 92 collections each including a single occurrence

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