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Genus Bulimina (suspected)

A Benthic Foraminifera
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Genus Bulimina (suspected)
Description: Bulimina is an extant genus present from the Cretaceous and has a global fossil distribution. The shell is an elongate closed spiral with distinct spiral sutures. The shell has 3 or more chambers in the final whorl. The shell wall is perforate and the aperture is elongate, loop-shaped, and very slightly twisted.


More information: Loeblich & Tappan, 2015; Cushman, 1950; foraminifera.eu

Downloadable Data:
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The 1 scanned specimen is obtained from a shallow sediment core of the Ontong Java Plateau in the western equatorial Pacific.

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Note: ​Data 'stacks' contain the minimally processed 3D data (TIF 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 1
STL file 1


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Bulimina genus by foraminarium on Sketchfab

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