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

 

found in bottom sediment of the Sicily Channel

from 143 depth

   Mediterranean Sea   Italy

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

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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. 8-10