Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Spiroloculinidae

 

found at the bottom (123m depth) of the  Gulf of Taranto

   Mediterranean Sea   Italy

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg


raw material from cruise P339 of RV Poseidon, found at 123m depth

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1917: A Monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. Part VI. Miliolidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 71.  Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1001872