Parafissurina tectulostoma Loeblich & Tappan, 1953       

Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Polymorphinida  Family: Ellipsolagenidae
Taxon Profile

found in the waters at the Reykjanes Ridge   off territorial waters   

Geological Time: recent  Holocene  Quaternary


the plummercell is provided by Dr. Karla Kreisel

View of specimens of Parafissurina tectulostoma Loeblich & Tappan, 1953

the field is photographed by Georg Wawczyniak

The identification is based upon:
Todd, Ruth and Low, Doris, 1980: Foraminifera from the Kara and Greenland Seas, and Review of Arctic Studies US. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 1070 Plate 2, Fig. 5