Class: Globothalamea  Subclass: Textulariana  Order: Textulariida  Family: Textulariidae

 

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

 

Spiroplectinella sagittula synonymized by WFD

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cimerman, F., and Langer, R., 1991: Mediterranean Foraminifera. Opera / Akademia scientarium et artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia naturalis: 30.   Plate 6, Fig. 5+6

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1028117