Ammonia Brünnich, 1772

Toefy, R., Gibbons, M. J. & McMillan, I. K., 2005, The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa, African Invertebrates 46, pp. 1-26 : 17

Ammonia Brünnich, 1772 Ammonia parkinsoniana (d’Orbigny, 1839)

Fig. 5K

Rosalina parkinsoniana: d’Orbigny 1839 b: 99 , pl. 4, figs 25–27.

Ammonia parkinsoniana: Poag 1978: 397 , pl. 1, figs 1–21; Boltovskoy 1970: 338; McMillan 1987 a: 439, pl. 20, figs 6–12; Hayward et al. 1999: 162, pl. 16; Dale & McMillan 1999, pl. 27, figs 2–7.

Material examined: A27418.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; hyposaline, estuarine and inner shelf environments.Around South Africa from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth. Recorded by McMillan (1987 a) from the coast of Namibia and by Dale and McMillan (1999) from the west coast of South Africa.

Remarks: May be similar to Ammonia parkinsoniana f. aoteana (Finlay, 1940) as described by Hayward et al. (1999); however a view of the dorsal side was not obtained.

Figures

Fig. 5 A–L: (A) Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858); (B) Neoconcorbina sp. “A”; (C, D) Rosalina cf. globularis d’Orbigny, 1826; (E) Rosalina sp. “A”; (F–H) Glabratella australensis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932); (I, J) Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858; (K) Ammonia parkinsoniana (d’Orbigny, 1839); (L) Pararotalia nipponica (Asano, 1936).