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Image: FMIB 47660 Shells from Globigerina Ooze

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Description: Shells from Globigerina Ooze Shells from foraminiferal ooze, brought up in the sounding-tube from a depth of about 1100 fathoms, in the vicinity of the Laccadives; enlarged about forty times. In the natural state the shells cohere together; but those here shown--which consist chiefly of Globigerina, with a few Pulvinulina and Orbulina--have been separated by repeated washing and careful drying

Subject: Foraminifera, Globigerinidae, Globorotalia Tag: Invertebrates
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