Class: Globothalamea   Subclass: Rotaliana   Order: Rotaliida   Family: Rosalinidae

 

found at about 5m waterdepth  Sao Miguel

   Azores   Portugal

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen was picked and photographed by Michael Hesemann
with assistance of Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt, the raw material is provided by

 

 

spiral side

 

The identification is based upon:

 Debenay, Jean-Pierre,  2012:   A guide to 1,000 Foraminifera from the Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia.      380 pp.  Plate 15,  Fig. 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1008341