Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae

 

found at the  Taramea Bay

   New Zealand and off   New Zealand

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the images are made by Cai-Uso Wohler, the sample was brought by John Taylor and the sampling did 

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Hayward, B., W., Hollis, C., Grenfell., H., 1997: Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the south-west Pacific and fosssil Elphidiidae of New Zealand  New Zealand Geol. Surv. Paleontol. Bull., 72, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences monograph 166 pp. Plate 14, Fig. 10-14

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1017489