Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Melonidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 276   off territorial waters   from 4298m depth

Geological Time: recent  Holocene  Quaternary

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.. HMS Challenger Collection

View of specimens of Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 109, Fig. 9