FORAMINIFERA OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 133 



VAGINUUNA LEGUMEN (Linnaeni). 



Plate 37, fig. 5. 



Nautilus legumen Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 711, No. 248; ed. 

 12, 1767, p. 1164, No. 288. 



VaginuUna legumen D'Orbigny, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. 7, 1826, p. 257, No. 2. — 

 BAI.KWILL and Wright, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., ser. 2, vol. 3, 1882, p. 

 58. — H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 530, 

 pi. 66, figs. 13-15. — Balkwill and Wright, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., 

 vol. 28, 1885, p. 344.— H. B. Brady, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1887, p. 

 910.— Wright, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, ser. 6, 1889, p. 449; Proc. 

 Roy. Irish Acad., ser. 3, vol. 1, 1891, p. 484.- Egger, Abh. kon. bay. 

 Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, CI. II, vol. 18, 1893, p. 347.— Goes, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 29, 1896, p. 58.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 

 (1899), p. 314, pi. 60, fig. 2.— Wright, Irish Nat., vol. 11, 1902, p. 213.— 

 Chapman, The Foraminifera, 1902, p. 403. — Millett, Journ. Roy. Micr. 

 Soc, 1902, p. 527, pi. 11, fig. 21.— Earland, Journ. Quekett Micr. Club, 

 ser. 2, vol. 9, 1905, p. 215. — Sidebottom, Mem. Proc. Manchester Lit. 

 Philos. Soc, vol. 51, No. 9, 1907, p. 6.— Bagg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 34, 1908, p. 145. — Chapman, Subantarctic Ids. New Zealand, 1909, 

 p. 342; Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., vol. 30, 1910, p. 412.— Bagg, Bull. 513, 

 U. S. Geol. Survey, 1912, p. 63, pi. 18, figs. 6, 7.— Cushman, Bull. 71, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 3, 1913, p. 80, pi. 39, fig. 4.— Heron-Allen and 

 Earland, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., vol. 31, pt. 64, 1913, p. 98 ; Trans. 

 Zool. Soc London, vol. 20, 1915, p. 671 ; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 

 2, vol. 11, 1916, p. 261 ; Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1916, p. 47.— Mestayer, 

 Trans. New Zealand Inst, vol. 48, 1916, p. 129.— Chapman, Austral. 

 Geol. Survey Bull. 72, 1917, p. 33, pi. 8, fig. 67.— Sidebottom, Journ. 

 Roy. Micr. Soc, 1918, p. 139.— Cushman, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 56, 1919, p. 618; Bull. 100, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 4, 1921, p. 257, pi. 

 41, fig. 3. 



Description. — Test elongate, tapering, initial end usually with a 

 spine; chambers increasing in diameter as added, oval in transverse 

 section, later ones more distinct than the early ones; sutures often 

 rather indistinct, oblique, later ones somewhat depressed; wall 

 smooth, in small specimens usually thin, translucent, in older ones 

 becoming thickened, opaque; aperture eccentric, slightly elongate, 

 radiate. 



Length of the largest Atlantic specimen 1.25 mm. 



Distribution. — This species has occurred at several stations along 

 the eastern coast of the United States and at two stations in the 

 northern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Brady records it from one 

 station off New York and at several other stations, one west of the 

 Azores, one south of the Canary Islands, and one in the middle of 

 the South Atlantic. Flint recorded it from the northern part of the 

 Gulf of Mexico. It is recorded by numerous authors off the coasts 

 of the British Isles. There are many other records for this species 

 outside the Atlantic as the above references show. 



