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

 

found in waters off  Sitka

near Japonski Island

   Pacific off Alaska   USA

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

 

 

 

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 8, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1021481