Karrerulina horrida (Mjatliuk, 1970)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Textulariida  Family: Prolixoplectidae

found in the road section of Contessa   Mediterranean   Italy   

Geological Time: Paleogene  Paleocene  Thanetian


image courtesy of Michael A. Kaminski
Special Publications Editor of The Grzybowski Foundation IWAF6

View of a specimen of Karrerulina horrida (Mjatliuk, 1970)

size between 0,3-1,3mm, consult source on exact data

The identification is based upon:
Galeotti, S., Kaminski, M.A., Coccioni, R., Speijer, R.P., 2004: High-resolution Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminiferal record across the Paleocene/Eocene transition in the Contessa Road Section (central Italy). Bubik, M., Kaminski, M.A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 8. pages 83-103 Plate 4, Fig. 17