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Nodosaria elegantissima 

     found on     Gozo, Malta    by   David    Langhian/Miocene      Taxon Profile
Nodosaria elegantissima, Gozo, Malta

Views of one broken specimen of Nodosaria elegantissima, with lower part left

not interpreted as sea urchin spine

The classification is based upon: The Fossil Foraminifera of the Tertiary Basin of Vienna, Revision of the monograph by ALCIDE d'ORBIGNY (1846) by ADOLF PAPP, MANFRED E. SCHMID, ABHANDLUNGEN DER GEOLOGISCHEN BUNDESANSTALT, Band 37, Wien 1985 / Fig. 36