Class: Tubothalamea  Subclass:   Order: Miliolida  Family: Peneroplidae

 

found on the  Salento shelf - Adriatic Sea

at 30 - 40 m water depth off Otranto

   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, we do not follow the view by Meric. Acicularis is placed by WFD into Monalysidium, which is characterized by lined pores.

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Meriç, E.; Avşar, N.; Yokeş, M.B.; Dinçer, F. (2014). Atlas of Recent Benthic foraminifera from Turkey. Micropaleontology. 60: 211-398.    Plate 36, Fig. 4-8

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1028216