TROPICAL PACIFIC FORAM1NIFERA OF "ALBATROSS" 9 



Genus PATELLINELLA Cushman, 1928 



PATELLINELLA CARINATA Collins 



Plate 1, Figures 5, 6 



Patellinella carinata Collins, 1958, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Great Barrier Reef 

 Exped. 1928-29, Sci. Rep., vol. 6, no. 6, Foraminifera, p. 407, pi. 5, fig. 8. 



Patellinella jugosa H. B. Brady. — Cushman, Todd, and Post, 1954, U.S. Geol. 

 Surv. Prof. Paper 260-H, p. 358, pi. 89, fig. 3. 



This species, described from 600 meters off the Great Barrier Reef, 

 is distinguished by its angular and serrate, instead of rounded and 

 smooth, periphery. The wall is thin, smooth, and nearly transparent, 

 bearing only a few coarse pores, mostly along the slightly indented 

 suture lines. 



A single specimen from Rongerik Atoll in the Marshall Islands was 

 misidentified as Patellinella jugosa although at the time it was noted 

 as possibly a new species. P. carinata is represented by more speci- 

 mens in the present material than is P. inconspicua. 



By contrast with other species of this genus (e.g., its type species, 

 P. inconspicua), P. carinata appears to stand as a transition form 

 between Patellinella and Bolivina. 



PATELLINELLA FIJIANA Cushman 



Plate 1, Figure 4 



Patellinella fijiana Cushman, 1933, Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res., vol. 9, 

 p. 87, pi. 9, fig. 7. 



This species appears to be represented by only a single specimen, 

 the holotype from near Nairai, Fiji. Rare specimens from the Mar- 

 shall Islands placed in this species (Cushman, Todd, and Post, 1954, 

 p. 358, pi. 89, fig. 2), now seem to belong in Patellinella jugosa (Brady). 



The wall is decorated by rather coarse rugosities that effectively 

 hide the suture lines. The wall of the apertural face, however, is 

 smooth and polished. 



PATELLINELLA INCONSPICUA (Brady) 



Plate 1, Figure 3 



Textularia inconspicua Brady, 1884, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, p. 357, 

 pi. 42, fig. 6.— Millett, 1898, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, p. 557, pi. 7, fig. 1. 



Patellinella inconspicua (H. B. Brady). — Cushman 1928, Contr. Cushman Lab. 

 Foram. Res., vol. 4, p. 5, pi. 1, fig. 8. — Parr and Collins, 1930, Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Victoria, vol. 43, p. 92, pi. 4, fig. 7. — Cushman, Todd, and Post, 1954, 

 U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 260-H, p. 358, pi. 89, fig. 4.— Todd, 1957, 

 U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 280-H, p. 290 (tbl. 4), pi. 90, fig. 3. 



A few specimens of this minute species were found in 21 fathoms 

 at Guam Anchorage in the Ladrone [Marianas] Islands, and a single 

 specimen (figured) came from Albatross station H3905 (425 fathoms, 

 northwest point Hao Atoll, SE. % mi.). The latter specimen is abnor- 



