Planorbulina mediterranensis  d'Orbigny, 1826
 
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
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1018776
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-10-06. doi: 10/dt5p