Class: Spirillinata  Subclass: Ammodiscana  Order: Spirillinida  Family: Ammodiscidae

 

found at Challenger Station 46

   Unknown   off territorial waters

 

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..

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. et. al., 2005: Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera.    Plate 22, Fig. 1-16

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1003178