FOEAMINIFEKA OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS. HI 



This species is a very characteristic one, resembling a series of 

 vertebrae, the chambers in adult specimens very numerous, as many 

 as 60 having been counted in some specimens. It is also one of the 

 largest species of the genus. At some of the stations it was very 

 common. 



Besides occmTing in the Philippine Archipelago it occurred at 

 several stations in the vicinity of Sibuko Bay, Borneo, and between 

 Gillolo and Kayo a Islands. 



Textularis vertebralis — Material examined. 



TEXTULARIA APERTURALIS Cushman. 



Textularia solita (Schwager), var. inflata Goes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 29, 



1896, p. 42, pi. 5, figs. 1-3. 

 Textularia aperturalis Cushman, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 2, 1911, p. 20, figs. 



34, 35 (in text). 



The only record for the region is from D5259, 312 fathoms (571 

 meters), off northwestern Panay, bottom temperature 49.3° F. (9,6° 

 C). xil though the aperture was not double as in the type, never- 

 theless it was very oblique, more on one side than the other, and the 

 whole shape of the test was similar to the figured specimens. 



