Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)       

Class: Spirillinata  Subclass: Ammodiscana  Order: Ammodiscida  Family: Ammodiscidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 218   Micronesia + Philippine Basin   Papua New Guinea   from 1956m 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 Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 38, Fig. 16