Truncorotalia hessi Bolli and Premoli Silva 1973 (foram)

Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae

Alternative combination: Globorotalia hessi

Full reference: H. Bolli and I. Premoli Silva. 1973. Oligocene to Recent Planktonic Foraminifera and Stratigraphy of the Leg 15 Sites in the Caribbean Sea. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 15:475-497

Belongs to Truncorotalia according to T. Aze et al. 2011

See also Bolli and Premoli Silva 1973

Sister taxa: Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) crassula, Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis, Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) truncatulinoides, Truncorotalia cavernula, Truncorotalia crassaconica, Truncorotalia excelsa

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Truncorotalia hessi in the database

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