Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)       6   more

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

found at the bottom of the Kiel Fjord   Baltic Sea   Germany   

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


the image is provided by Dr. Irina Polovodova Asteman

View of a specimen of Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)


The identification is based upon:
Polovodova, I., Schoenfeld, J., 2008: Foraminiferal test abnormalities in the western Baltic Sea in Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v.38, no.4 19 pp. Plate 1+2, Fig.