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

 

found at Paski Channel

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

   Mediterranean Sea   Croatia

 

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:

 Sgarella F., and Moncharmon Zei, M., 1993: Benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematic and autoecology. Boll. Soc. Paleont. Ital., 32.   Plate 21, Fig. 7

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1002935