Elphidium macellum  (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
 
Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae
 
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:
 Hayward, B., W., Hollis, C., Grenfell., H., 1997: Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the south-west Pacific and fosssil Elphidiidae of New Zealand  New Zealand Geol. Surv. Paleontol. Bull., 72, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences monograph 166 pp. Plate 13, Fig. 13-14
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1012300
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-03-29. doi: 10/dt5p