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

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001705