Melonis affinis Paski Channel,Croatia,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Rotaliida Family: Melonidae

sediment from bycatch of trawler, from 70-80m depth

Mediterranean Sea Croatia

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg

the specimen are picked and provided by

Jan Steger

according to WORMS M. barleeanum is synomized to M. barl

The identification is based upon:

Sgarella F., and Moncharmon Zei, M., 1993: Benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematic and autoecology. Boll. Soc. Paleont. Ital., 32. Plate 26, Fig. 1

dataset number: FEU-1002945