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

 

found at Paski Channel

 

   Mediterranean Sea   Croatia

 

sediment from bycatch of trawler, from 70-80m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

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


the specimen are picked and provided by

 

 

View of a specimen of Spiroloculina sp. ---

 

shows similarity to S. cymbium or S. dilatata

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cimerman, F., and Langer, R., 1991: Mediterranean Foraminifera. Opera / Akademia scientarium et artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia naturalis: 30.   Plate 22, Fig. 1-7

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1002912