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Rocella vigilans Fenner (1984)

Comment: Medium-sized valve. Note the double process typical of this species, faintly visible just below the valve face center.

Locality: Ocean Drilling Program Hole 959A (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Marginal Ridge, eastern tropical Atlantic), sample: 159-959A-41X-5, 112-114 cm (late Oligocene).

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

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