Class: Monothalamea  Subclass:   Order: Astrorhizida  Family: Astrorhizidae

 

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:

 Cushman, J., A., 1921: Foraminifera of the Philippine and Adjacent Seas.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 100.  Plate 15, Fig. 7,8

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001742