Pileolina zealandica Vella, 1957 2 more
Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Rosalinida Family: GlabratellidaeTaxon Profile
found at Hicks Bay New Zealand and off New Zealand
Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent
the raw material is provided by A. Brokenshire
View of a specimen of Pileolina zealandica Vella, 1957
found in sand from the inside of a stranded gastropod Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)
The identification is based upon:
Hayward, B.W.; Grenfell, H.R.; Reid, C.M.; Hayward, K.A., 1999: Recent New Zealand shallow-water benthic foraminifera: taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessments. Book Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences monograph 21. 264 pp. Plate 12, Fig. 16-18
