Melonis affinis  (Reuss, 1851)
 
Class: Globothalamea  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Melonidae
 

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
 

according to WFD M. barleeanum is synomized to M. barleeanus
 
 
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 26, Fig. 2
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1002946
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2025). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2025-06-25. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22727.11680/1