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

 

found on the  Salento shelf - Adriatic Sea

at 60-80 m depth off Frigole

   Mediterranean Sea   Italy

Project: Salento waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

The images are also shown in the  Foraminifera section of Salento Sommerso. The specimen was photographed by Michael Hesemann and was provided by

 

close up

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Sgarrella, F.; Moncharmont Zei, M. (1993). Benthic Foraminifera of the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematics and autoecology. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 32(2): 145-264.    Plate 23, Fig. 1

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1027816