Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Globigerinana  Order: Globorotaliida  Family: Globorotaliidae

 

found at off Louisiana

from a sediment trap

   Gulf of Mexico   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

The SEM is made and provided by

 

Scale Bar 200µm
dextrally coiled, encrusted specimen

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hemleben, Ch., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O.R., 1989: Modern Planktonic Foraminifera.  Springer Verlag 363 pp. Plate 2.6., Fig. d-f

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1002985