Fissurina sp. ---Class: Nodosariata Subclass: Nodosariana Order: Lagenida Family: Ellipsolagenidaefound on the Mauritanian Slope off West Africa Mauritania Station 14855-1 (1100m depth) 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 Fissurina sp. --- The identification is based upon: Cushman, J., A., 1923: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 4. Lagenidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104. Plate 3, Fig. ![]() |
![]() dataset number: FEU-1016880 |