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Berggrenia pumilio

A Non-Spinose Planktic Foraminifera 
Berggrenia pumilio
Life: B. pumilio is a non-spinose planktic foraminifera. Depth habitat is unknown. This species is rare in the modern ocean and found in temperate waters.
Distinguishing features: Species has a small low trochospiral shell and 4.5 - 6 chambers in the final whorl and has a distinct final chamber over the umbilicus that is flask-shaped or kummerform. The aperture is umbilical-extraumbilical, narrow, and deep. The test surface has radial striations and pores concentrated along the sutures on the spiral side. Typical adult size <150 microns.
Other names: 
Globorotalia pumilio

More information: mikrotax; Brummer & Kucera, 2022
There is 1 scanned B. pumilio specimen. 

Note: Data 'stacks' contain the minimally processed 3D data (.nc files) that can be imported into your favorite 3D data processing software program (we use imageJ). The .STL file is processed and ready for 3D printing. 

Specimen 1:
Data stack TIF file
STL file
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