Reophax scorpiurus  Montfort, 1808
 
Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order:   Family: Reophacidae
 
found at the bottom (123m depth) of the  Gulf of Taranto
   Mediterranean Sea   Italy
 
Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent
 
the specimen was picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
with assistance of Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt, the raw material is provided by
 
 
 
The identification is based upon:
 Kaminski, M.A. and Cetean, C.G., 2011: Lectotypes of type species of agglutinated foraminiferal genera in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Part 2. Hippocrepinina and Hormosinina 
Kaminski, M.A. and Filipescu, S.; Eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 61-69. Krakow: Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16.   Plate 2, Fig. 23
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1001705
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2025). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2025-07-19. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22727.11680/1