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

 

found at different shores of  Spitsbergen

   off Spitsbergen   Norway

 

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

 

lateral view

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cole, F. and Ferguson, C., 1975: An illustrated catalogue of Foraminifera and Ostracoda from Canso Strait and Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia.  Bedford Institute of Oceanography Report Series/BI-R-75-5  Plate 7, Fig. 5-6

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1000547