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

 

found on beaches on  North Padre Island

North Padre Island

   Gulf of Mexico   USA

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Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the specimen is found and photographed by

 

 

 

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 , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1017923