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Turborotalita humilis

A Spinose Planktic Foraminifera
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Turborotalita humilis
Life: T. humilis is a spinose surface to subsurface-dwelling spinose species that has symbionts. In the modern ocean, this species is common in temperate waters.  
Distinguishing features: This species has a small low-trochospiral shell with 6 chambers in the final whorl. It is distinguished by a bullate extension of the final chamber of the umbilicus. It has a smooth shell surface and large pores. Typical shell size is < 150 microns.

More information: mikrotax; foraminifera.eu; Takagi et al., 2019; Brummer & Kucera, 2022

Downloadable Data:
There is 1 scanned T. humilis shells. 

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 stacks TIF file 1
STL file 1

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Turborotalita humilis by foraminarium on Sketchfab


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