Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

found at Penzance

   English Channel   UK

specimens found in shell sand on the lowershore at Wherry Rocks, Wherrytown, Penzance

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

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View of a specimen of Massilina secans (d'Orbigny, 1826)

The identification is based upon: Cushman, J., A., 1929: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 7, Fig. 3-4

 

dataset number: FEU-1004820