Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

found at  Alboran Ridge

FS Meteor Cruise 51-1 Station 469
Chain-bag dredge sample from 259-442m water depth

   Mediterranean Sea   off territorial waters

 

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 4, Fig. 7