Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Planorbulinida  Family: Planorbulinidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14703-1 (111m depth)

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman, the specimens were picked by Michael Hesemann and the images are made by

 

 

scale bar 100µm

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1931: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 8. Rotaliidae, Amphisteginidae, Calcarinidae, Cymbaloporettidae, Globorotaliidae, Anomalinidae, Planorbulinidae, Rupertiidae and Homotremidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 24, Fig. 5-8

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018775