Class: Tubothalamea   Subclass:    Order: Spirillinida   Family: Ammodiscidae

 

found at  Challenger Station 46

   Unknown   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission. © Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org..

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. et. al.,  2005:  Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera.        Plate 22,  Fig. 1-16

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1003178