Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

 

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14865-1 (52m depth)

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

 

View of a specimen of Elphidium maorium Hayward, 1997

 

 

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 4, Fig. 11,12

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018788