Please, check the special section of my website for other image collections, including the online edition of «Foraminiferi Padani».
Per favore, controllate l'apposita sezione del mio sito Web per altre collezioni di immagini, tra cui l'edizione online di «Foraminiferi Padani».
Follow this link for an illustration. More information about my microscopes can be found here.
This setup can be defined, at most, suboptimal but it's what I have at hand and, with patience, can deliver images of reasonable quality.
Much better pictures may be obtained by coupling microscope objectives and camera bodies, building thick Z-stacks of many dozens of high-resolution pictures, but I reserve this time-demanding approach to isolated cases.
Instead, since its inception, this work was meant as massive and repetitive, with no more than 20 minutes overall working time per image (including manual focus stacking, with an average of 18 individual frames for each image, and post-production with image enhancement, background removal and insertion of a reference scale of suitable size).
The images were processed in batches of 10 pictures per day, and - including a preliminary taxonomic assessment - the daily workload was around 4 hours. With a little more than 500 specimens to picture, I worked for around 50 days: this time does not include the additional days spent for a taxonomic review of the pictures and, obviously, does not include the time spent in collection, selection of the specimens and preparation of the slides with gluing of the individual specimens selected (a work that required around 40 2-hours sessions).
I strived whenever possible to provide alternative views and different specimens of each species.
Anyway, despite my long-lost competence in micropaleontology, my collection should be regarded as esthetical rather than scientific. Suffice to say that I mixed the specimens from two different clay samples - my only aim being the collection of as many Lower Pliocene foraminiferan species as possible.
The rich samples from Zola Predosa provided more opportunities: I traded the same washed matrix with an English dealer, and in exchange I got 24 samples of Mesozoic matrix. The abundance of microfossils allowed me to prepare more than a hundred sample slides to sell at scientific fairs such as Entomodena, in my effort for popularization of Micropaleontology as an hobby.
I'm in the process of finding competent advisors to verify and correct my determinations, as far as the photos allow.
Don't forget that I made the identification from the images available (not with the specimen under the microscope). Regardless to their quality, that may be suboptimal, the position of the glued specimen may, or may not, provide a diagnostic view.
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AMMODISCIDAEcf. Glomospira gordialis (Jones & Parker, 1860) | |||
I13 |
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LITUOLIDAEAmmobaculites agglutinans (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
A01A |
A01B |
A35 |
A49 |
A53 |
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SPIROPLECTAMMINIDAESpiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri, 1903) | |||
A02 |
A18 |
A19 |
A20 |
A21 |
A22 |
A37 |
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TEXTULARIIDAETextularia agglutinans d'Orbigny, 1839 | |||
A23 |
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TEXTULARIIDAETextularia pala Cžjžek, 1848 | |||
A36 |
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TEXTULARIIDAETextularia pseudorugosa Lacroix, 1932
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A17 |
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TEXTULARIIDAETextularia sagittula Defrance, 1824
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A05 |
A06 |
A24 |
A25 |
TEXTULARIIDAEBigenerina nodosaria d'Orbigny, 1826
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A33 |
A34 |
A51 |
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EGGERELLIDAEBannerella gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
A41 |
A42 |
A46 |
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EGGERELLIDAEDorothia brevis Cushman & Stainforth, 1945
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A38 |
A39 |
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EGGERELLIDAEKarreriella bradyi (Cushman, 1911)
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A40 |
A43 |
A44 |
A45A |
A45B |
A54 |
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EGGERELLIDAEMartinottiella communis (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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A50 |
A52 |
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CRIBROLINOIDIDAEAdelosina longirostra (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
B19 |
B27 |
B28 |
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HAUERINIDAECribromiliolinella subvalvularis (Parr, 1950) | |||
B38 |
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HAUERINIDAECycloforina badenensis (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
B01 |
B02 |
B03 |
B04 |
B05 |
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HAUERINIDAEMassilina haidingeri (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
B07 |
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HAUERINIDAEMassilina secans (d'Orbigny, 1826)
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B17 |
B18 |
B20 |
B21 |
B22 |
B23 |
B24 |
B25 |
B26 |
B36A |
B39 |
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HAUERINIDAEMiliolina peregrina (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
B36B |
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HAUERINIDAEMiliolinella subrotunda (Montagu, 1803) | |||
B29 |
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HAUERINIDAEPseudotriloculina consobrina (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
B54 |
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HAUERINIDAEPyrgo bulloides (d'Orbigny, 1826)
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B12 |
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HAUERINIDAEPyrgo depressa (d'Orbigny, 1826)
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B08 |
B09 |
B10 |
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HAUERINIDAEPyrgo elongata (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
B30 |
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HAUERINIDAEPyrgo inornata (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
B11 |
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HAUERINIDAEPyrgo oblonga (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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B44 |
B51 |
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HAUERINIDAEQuinqueloculina lata Terquem, 1876 | |||
B46 |
B47 |
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HAUERINIDAEQuinqueloculina seminula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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B06 |
B40 |
B41 |
B42 |
B43 |
B49 |
B50 |
B52 |
B53 |
B56 |
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HAUERINIDAESigmoilina sigmoidea (Brady, 1884)
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B14 |
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HAUERINIDAESigmoilopsis celata (Costa, 1855)
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B33 |
B35 |
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HAUERINIDAESigmoilopsis schlumbergeri (Silvestri, 1904)
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B34 |
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HAUERINIDAESpirosigmoilina tenuis (Cžjžek, 1848) | |||
B15 |
B55 |
B57 |
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HAUERINIDAETriloculina gibba d'Orbigny, 1826
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B31B |
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HAUERINIDAETriloculina oblonga (Montagu, 1803) [Quinqueloculina oblonga]
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B45 |
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HAUERINIDAETriloculina trigonula (Lamarck, 1804) | |||
B31A |
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MILIOLOIDEA INDET.Milioloidea Indet. sp. 1 | |||
B58 |
B59 |
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SPIROLOCULINIDAESpiroloculina excavata d'Orbigny, 1846
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B13 |
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VAGINULINIDAELenticulina calcar (Linnaeus, 1767)
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C01 |
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VAGINULINIDAELenticulina cultrata (de Montfort, 1808)
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C20 |
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VAGINULINIDAELenticulina inornata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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C19 |
C21 |
C22 |
C23 |
C35 |
C36 |
C37 |
C38 |
C39 |
C40 |
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VAGINULINIDAELenticulina rotulata (Lamarck, 1804)
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C34B |
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VAGINULINIDAELenticulina sp.
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C18 |
C24 |
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VAGINULINIDAENeolenticulina variabilis (Reuss, 1850) [Lenticulina peregrina]
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C41 |
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VAGINULINIDAEMarginulina raphanus var. crebricosta Seguenza, 1880 | |||
C43 |
G19 |
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VAGINULINIDAEMarginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791) | |||
C44 |
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VAGINULINIDAEMarginulinopsis costata var. coarctata Silvestri, 1896 | |||
C42 |
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NODOSARIIDAEDentalina leguminiformis (Batsch, 1791)
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C45 |
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NODOSARIIDAEFrondicularia semicosta Karrer, 1877 | |||
E18 |
E19 |
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NODOSARIIDAEGrigelis pyrulus (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
G39 |
G40 |
G41 |
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NODOSARIIDAELaevidentalina inflexa (Reuss, 1866) | |||
C46 |
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NODOSARIIDAELaevidentalina monile (von Hagenow, 1842) | |||
G37 |
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NODOSARIIDAENodosaria hispida d'Orbigny, 1846 | |||
G33 |
G34 |
G38 |
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NODOSARIIDAENodosaria pentecostata Costa, 1856
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C47 |
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NODOSARIIDAENodosariidae Indet. sp. | |||
G47 |
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NODOSARIIDAEPandaglandulina dinapolii Loeblich & Tappan, 1955
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D35A |
D35C |
H02 |
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NODOSARIIDAEPseudonodosaria aequalis (Reuss, 1863)
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G46 |
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NODOSARIIDAEPyramidulina catesbyi (d'Orbigny, 1839) | |||
D17B |
E21 |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEEllipsolagenidae Indet. sp.1 | |||
D11 |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEFavulina squamosa (Montagu, 1803) | |||
D06B |
D07A |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEFissurina marginata (Montagu, 1803)
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D03 |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEFissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862
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D05C |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEFissurina pseudoorbignyana (Buchner, 1940)
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D04 |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEOolina borealis Loeblich and Tappan, 1954 [Lagena costata]
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D08A |
D08B |
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ELLIPSOLAGENIDAEOolina globosa (Montagu, 1803) | |||
D09A |
D10A |
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LAGENIDAELagena elongata (Ehrenberg, 1844) | |||
D15 |
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LAGENIDAEReussoolina apiculata (Reuss, 1851) | |||
D09B |
D10B |
D12B |
D12C |
LAGENIDAEReussoolina apiculata (Reuss, 1851) | |||
D35B |
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PLECTOFRONDICULARIIDAEMucronina striata (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
D02 |
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POLYMORPHINIDAEGlobulina gibba (d'Orbigny, 1826)
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D36 |
D41 |
D52 |
D55 |
H03 |
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POLYMORPHINIDAEGlobulina punctata d'Orbigny, 1846 | |||
D14 |
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POLYMORPHINIDAEGuttulina communis (d'Orbigny, 1826)
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D28 |
D29 |
D37 |
D42 |
ASTRONONIONIDAEAstrononion italicum Cushman & Edwards, 1937 | |||
E06C |
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ASTRONONIONIDAEAstrononion perfossum (Clodius, 1922) | |||
E03C |
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HAYNESINIDAEHaynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) | |||
D58 |
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NONIONIDAENonion boueanum (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
D57B |
K02 |
K03 |
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NONIONIDAENonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
D57A |
D59 |
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NONIONIDAENonion fabum (Fichtel and Moll, 1798) | |||
K05 |
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NONIONIDAENonionella sp. | |||
I30 |
I31 |
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NONIONIDAENonionoides grateloupi (d'Orbigny, 1839) | |||
I44 |
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NONIONIDAENonionoides turgida (Williamson, 1858) | |||
I10 |
I11 |
I28 |
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MELONIDAEMelonis padanus (Perconig, 1954)
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E03B |
E06A |
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MELONIDAEMelonis pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
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I34A |
I34B |
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MELONIDAEMelonis umbilicatus (Walker and Jacob, 1798) | |||
I45 |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium aculeatum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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E12 |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium complanatum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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E13B |
E14A |
E14B |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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E11 |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium decipiens (Costa, 1856) | |||
E02A |
E02B |
E07A |
E07B |
E08A |
E08B |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium granosum (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
E04A |
E04B |
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ELPHIDIIDAEElphidium macellum (Fichtel and Moll, 1798)
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E13A |
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VAGINULINIDAEAmphicoryna hirsuta (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
G35 |
G36 |
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VAGINULINIDAEAmphicoryna proxima (Silvestri, 1872) | |||
D17A |
D19A |
D19B |
G43A |
G43B |
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VAGINULINIDAEAmphicoryna scalaris (Batsch, 1791)
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D18 |
D20 |
D21 |
D22 |
VAGINULINIDAEAmphicoryna sp. | |||
G44 |
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BULIMINIDAEBulimina aculeata d'Orbigny, 1826
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E24 |
E27 |
E41 |
E44 |
E45 |
E47 |
E53 |
E59 |
E60 |
E61 |
F44 |
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BULIMINIDAEBulimina aculeata var. minima Tedeschi & Zanmatti, 1957
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E22 |
E23A |
E23B |
E23C |
E32 |
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BULIMINIDAEBulimina corsiniana Perconig, 1955
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E43 |
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BULIMINIDAEBulimina elongata d'Orbigny, 1826
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E26A |
E26B |
E28 |
E29 |
E42 |
E46B |
E62 |
E63 |
BULIMINIDAEBulimina inflata Seguenza, 1862
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E55B |
E56B |
E57A |
E57B |
BULIMINIDAEBulimina lappa Cushman and Parker, 1937
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E25 |
E46A |
E48 |
E58 |
BULIMINIDAEBulimina sp. | |||
E30 |
E40 |
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BULIMINIDAEBulimina striata d'Orbigny in Guérin-Méneville, 1832 | |||
E54 |
E55A |
E56A |
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BULIMINIDAEPraeglobobulimina pyrula (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
D53 |
E37 |
E50A |
E50B |
BULIMINIDAEProtoglobobulimina pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
D54 |
E35 |
E36 |
E51 |
H04 |
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GLOBOBULIMINIDAEGlobobulimina affinis Hofker, 1932 | |||
D38A |
D38B |
D51 |
E34A |
E34B |
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GLOBOBULIMINIDAEGlobobulimina ovula (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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D39 |
D40 |
D50 |
E33 |
E49 |
E52 |
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BULIMINELLIDAEBuliminella elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839 | |||
E38A |
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TURRILINIDAEEubuliminella exilis (Brady, 1884) | |||
E38B |
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BOLIVINITIDAEFursenkoina complanata (Egger, 1893) | |||
E39B |
F49 |
F50 |
F54 |
BOLIVINITIDAEFursenkoina subacuta (d'Orbigny, 1852) | |||
F55 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEAbditodentrix rhomboidalis (Millett, 1899) | |||
A55A |
A55B |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina aenariensis (Costa, 1856) | |||
F01 |
F02 |
F03A |
F03B |
BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina antiqua d'Orbigny, 1846
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F04A |
F04B |
F07A |
F07B |
F40 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina catanensis Seguenza, 1862 | |||
F09 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina dilatata Reuss, 1850 | |||
F05 |
F12 |
F23A |
F23B |
F26A |
F26B |
F27 |
F28 |
BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina leonardii Accordi & Selmi, 1952
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F17A |
F17B |
F18 |
F22A |
F22B |
F29 |
F37 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina punctata d'Orbigny, 1839
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F08 |
F10B |
F21 |
F24A |
F24B |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina robusta (Brady, 1881) | |||
F06A |
F06B |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina sp. 1 | |||
F19B |
F25 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivina spathulata (Williamson, 1858) | |||
F10A |
F11A |
F11B |
F20 |
BOLIVINITIDAEBolivinitidae Indet. sp. 1 | |||
F41 |
F42 |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivinitidae Indet. sp. 2 | |||
F39A |
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BOLIVINITIDAEBolivinitidae Indet. sp. 3 | |||
F39C |
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BOLIVINITIDAECoryphostoma digitale (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
F19A |
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STAINFORTHIIDAECassidelina sp. | |||
F34A |
F34B |
F35A |
F35B |
F35C |
F38A |
F38B |
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STAINFORTHIIDAECassidelina spinescens (Cushman, 1911) | |||
F36A |
F36B |
F36C |
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STAINFORTHIIDAEStainforthia fusiformis (Williamson, 1858)
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E31 |
E39A |
F51 |
F52 |
F53 |
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REUSSELLIDAEReussella spinulosa (Reuss, 1850)
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A07A |
A07B |
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SIPHOGENERINOIDIDAERectuvigerina bononiensis (Fornasini, 1888) | |||
G20A |
G20B | ||
UVIGERINIDAETrifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858)
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H21 |
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UVIGERINIDAETrifarina bradyi Cushman, 1923
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H19 |
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UVIGERINIDAETrifarina fornasinii (Selli, 1948)
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H18A |
H18B |
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UVIGERINIDAEUvigerina peregrina Cushman, 1923
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G04A |
G04B |
G07 |
G08 |
G09 |
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UVIGERINIDAEUvigerina pygmaea d'Orbigny, 1826
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G02A |
G02C |
G03A |
G03B |
G05 |
G18 |
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UVIGERINIDAEUvigerinidae Indet. sp. | |||
H20 |
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PLEUROSTOMELLIDAEObesopleurostomella brevis (Schwager, 1868) | |||
D34 |
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STILOSTOMELLIDAECaveastomella adolphina (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
D26 |
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STILOSTOMELLIDAESiphonodosaria sp. | |||
G45 |
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STILOSTOMELLIDAEStrictocostella advena (Cushman & Laiming, 1931) | |||
G42 |
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GAVELINELLIDAEHansenisca soldanii (d'Orbigny, 1826) | |||
H40 |
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PATELLINIDAECf. Patellina sp. | |||
H06 |
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ROSALINIDAENeoconorbina terquemi (Rzehak, 1888) | |||
H07A |
H07B |
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ROSALINIDAERosalina globularis d'Orbigny, 1826
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H23 |
H23B |
H24 |
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ALABAMINIDAEOridorsalis umbonatus (Reuss, 1851)
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H41A |
H41B |
H49 |
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AMMONIIDAEAmmonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
H50 |
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AMMONIIDAEAmmonia inflata (Seguenza, 1862) | |||
E15 |
H51 |
H52A |
H52B |
H53A |
H53B |
H54A |
H54B |
H55A |
H55B |
H56 |
H57A |
H57B |
H58 |
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SIPHONINIDAESiphonina reticulata var. planoconvexa Silvestri, 1898 | |||
H63 |
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CANCRISIDAECancris turgidus Cushman and Todd, 1942 | |||
I29A |
I29B |
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CANCRISIDAEValvulineria bradyana (Fornasini, 1900) | |||
H09A |
H09B |
H25 |
H26A |
H26B |
I46A |
I46B |
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ASTERIGERINATIDAEAsterigerinata planorbis (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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I01 |
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CASSIDULINIDAECassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
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H42D |
H43C |
H43D |
H43E |
H44B |
H45 |
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CASSIDULINIDAEEvolvocassidulina bradyi (Norman, 1881) [Cassidulinoides bradyi]
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I03 |
I04 |
I06 |
I07 |
I08 |
I23 |
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CASSIDULINIDAEGlobocassidulina crassa (d'Orbigny, 1839) | |||
I20 |
I22 |
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CASSIDULINIDAEGlobocassidulina sp. | |||
I21 |
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CASSIDULINIDAEGlobocassidulina subglobosa (Brady, 1881)
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I05 |
I09 |
I19 |
I24A |
I24B |
I25 |
I39 |
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CASSIDULINIDAEParacassidulina neocarinata (Thalmann, 1950) | |||
H42C |
H43A |
H44A |
H46 |
H59A |
H59B |
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PULLENIIDAEPullenia bulloides (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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I37A |
I37B |
I38A |
I38B |
PULLENIIDAEPullenia quinqueloba (Reuss, 1851)
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I36A |
I36B |
I36C |
I37C |
PULLENIIDAEPullenia salisburyi Stewart & Stewart, 1930
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I35 |
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SPHAEROIDINIDAESphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1828
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I40 |
I41A |
I41B |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEGlobigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826
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J03A |
J03B |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEGlobigerinidae Indet. sp. | |||
J01 |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEGlobigerinoides bollii (Blow 1959) | |||
J10 |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEGlobigerinoides obliquus Bolli, 1957 | |||
J07A |
J07B |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEGlobigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) | |||
J08 |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEOrbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839
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J02 |
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GLOBIGERINIDAEParagloborotalia birnageae (Blow, 1959) | |||
K06 |
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GLOBIGERINIDAETrilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) | |||
J06A |
J06B |
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GLOBIGERINIDAETrilobatus trilobus (Reuss 1850) | |||
J05A |
J05B |
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GLOBIGERINIDAETurborotalita quinqueloba (Natland, 1938) | |||
J09 |
J11 |
J24 |
J25A |
J25B |
J26 |
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GLOBOROTALIIDAEGloborotalia crassula Cushman & Stewart 1930 | |||
I02A |
I02B |
I02C |
J04A |
J04B |
J17A |
J17B |
J19A |
J19B |
J20A |
J20B |
J21A |
J21B |
J22 |
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GLOBOROTALIIDAEGloborotalia margaritae Bolli & Bermudez 1965
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I26 |
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GLOBOROTALIIDAENeogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861) | |||
J18 |
J23 |
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CIBICIDIDAECibicides refulgens Montfort, 1808
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K18 |
K19 |
K20 |
K51C |
K54 |
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CIBICIDIDAECibicidoides kullenbergi (Parker, 1953) | |||
K37A |
K37B |
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CIBICIDIDAECibicidoides pseudoungerianus (Cushman, 1922)
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K53 |
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CIBICIDIDAECibicidoides ungerianus (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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K21A |
K22 |
K34A |
K34B |
K34C |
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CIBICIDIDAECibicidoides wuellerstorfi (Schwager, 1866)
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K38 |
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CIBICIDIDAEHeterolepa bellincionii (Giannini & Tavani, 1960)
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H35 |
H36A |
H36B |
H37A |
H37B |
H38 |
H39 |
K50B |
K50C |
K51B |
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CIBICIDIDAEHeterolepa dutemplei (d'Orbigny, 1846) | |||
H34A |
H34B |
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CIBICIDIDAELobatula lobatula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) | |||
I27 |
K35 |
K36B |
K36C |
K52 |
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DISCORBINELLIDAEHanzawaia boueana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
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K04 |
K39 |
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PLANORBULINIDAECf. Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826
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H62A |
H62B |
I12 |
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PLANULINIDAEPlanulina ariminensis d'Orbigny, 1826
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K21B |