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

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

Station 14903-1 (414m depth) at N 17.548 W 16.662

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material is provided by Leon Hoffman,

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Beuck, L., Lopez, C.M, Freiwald, A., 2008: Biogeographical distribution of Hyrrokkin (Rosalinidae, Foraminifera) and its host-specific morphological and textural trace variability.  Wisshak M, Tapanila L (eds) Current developments in bioerosion. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 329 to 360   Plate n.a., Fig. 7 C-N

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1012169