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

 

found at Socotra

in the sea north of Socotra

   Arabian Sea   Yemen

 

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

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1994: Foraminifera of the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea.  Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication 31. 661 pp. Plate 261, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001791