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Sextiputeus inornatus Ross & Sims (2000)

Comment: A medium-sized, well-preserved valve of an extremely rare species known only from the Bermuda Rise region. Note the well-visible marginal rimoportulae.

Locality: Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 386 (Bermuda Rise, western North Atlantic), sample: 43-386-15R-3, 62-63 cm (middle Eocene).

Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.

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