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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1002946