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

 

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

 

E. punctatum => E. charlottense in Hayward, 2025 Elphidiids

 

 

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 21, Fig. 3+4

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1028119