Rotaliellidae

This specimen is probably R. colonnensis, based on its umbilical face morphology, but has a much smoother spiral face than is normal. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off Capo Colonna, Italy. The test is about 60 microns long. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Test is 30 microns across. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This tiny foram, only about 50 microns across, was collected of the Mediterranean coast of France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This sample was collected off the Mediterranean coast of France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This specimen was collected off Capo Colonna, in Southern Italy. The morphology of the umbilical face is somewhat different from ones collected at the Iles de Hyeres, of the French Mediterranean coast. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. The test is about 40 microns across. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off Capo Colonna, Italy. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Part of the outer surface of the test is broken, showing the surface of an older chamber below. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

View of the holotype. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. The test is about 70 microns across in its long dimension. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Individuals from this area have, among other things, fewer and smaller denticles than is considered typical for the species. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This young foram has only a few chambers, and is 30 microns across. Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile du Levant, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile du Levant, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off Capo Colonna, Italy. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This species is unusual for its genus in that the later chambers are inflated. The test is about 60 microns long on its long axis. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

This foram is minute even by the standards of its very petite genus; it is 30 microns across. Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.

Collected off the Ile de Porquerroles, France. Image courtesy of Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva. This image first appeared in J. Foram. Res 23:231-237, and is used with permission.