Spirosigmoilina tenuis (Czjzek, 1848)       

Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 302   Patagonia and off   off territorial waters   from 2652m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission. © Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.. HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Spirosigmoilina tenuis (Czjzek, 1848)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 10, Fig. 7