globorotalia menardii globorotalia menardii globorotalia menardii is a perforate foraminiferan, about 1 millimetre (0.04 in) in size. it is a single-celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye and is found in the fossil record back to the paleocene. globorotalia menardiitemporal range: scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar phylum: retaria infraphylum: foraminifera class: globothalamea order: rotaliida family: globorotaliidae genus: globorotalia species: g. menardii binomial name globorotalia menardii(d'orbigny in parker, jones & brady, 1865) subspecies and varieties globorotalia menardii subsp. antarctica mcculloch, 1977 (taxon inquirendum) †globorotalia menardii subsp. gibberula bé, 1977 globorotalia menardii subsp. jamesbayensis mcculloch, 1977 (taxon inquirendum) †globorotalia menardii subsp. miotumida jenkins, 1960 globorotalia menardii var. fijiensis cushman, 1934 synonyms discorbina sacharina schwager, 1866 † (opinion of banner & blow (1960)) globorotalia cultrata (d'orbigny, 1839) (subjective junior synonym by le calvez (1977)) globorotalia menardii var. fimbriata (brady, 1884) (opinion of mikrotax) pulvinulina menardi (d'orbigny, 1826) pulvinulina menardii var. fimbriata brady, 1884 pulvinulina repanda var. menardii (d'orbigny, 1826) rotalia (rotalie) menardii d'orbigny, 1826 (name not available. iczn art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular) rotalia (rotalie) nitida d'orbigny, 1826 (name not available. iczn art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular) rotalia menardii d'orbigny, 1826 (nomen nudum) rotalia nitida d'orbigny, 1826 (nomen nudum) rotalina (rotalina) cultrata d'orbigny, 1839 (subjective junior synonym by le calvez (1977))