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

 

found in the bottom of the  Laptev Sea

from cores into the continental margin of the Laptev Sea

   Laptev Sea   Russia

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  

 

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The identification is based upon:

 Murray, John W., 2003: An illustrated guide to the benthic foraminifera of the Hebridean shelf, west of Scotland, with notes on their mode of life. Palaeontologia Electronica, 5, (2), 
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/h 31 pp. Plate 8, Fig. 14