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