Spiroloculina dilatata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Class: Miliolata Subclass: Miliolana Order: Miliolida Family: SpiroloculinidaeTaxon Profile
found on the Mauritanian Shelf off West Africa Mauritania
Station 14910-2 (535m depth) at N 17.28.998 W 16.41.647
Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent
the washed raw material from which the forams are picked is provided by
visiting researcher at Senckenberg am Meer, Abteilung Meeresforschung, Wilhelmshaven
Leon Hoffman
View of a specimen of Spiroloculina dilatata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
The identification is based upon:
Milker, Yvonne and Schmiedl, Gerhard, 2012: A taxonomic guide to modern benthic shelf foraminifera of the western Mediterranean Sea in Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 15, Issue 2 16A
link to the article 134 p. Plate 13, Fig. 1-2
