Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Vaginulinida  Family: Vaginulinidae

 

found on the  Salento shelf - Gulf of Taranto

at 58 m water depth off Gallipoli

   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 collected and photographed by

 

Distance between lines 100 µm

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1923: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 4. Lagenidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 28, Fig. 1

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1028203