Reophax scorpiurus  Montfort, 1808
 
Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Hormosinana  Order: Hormosinida  Family: Reophacidae
 
found at the bottom (123m depth) of the  Gulf of Taranto
   Mediterranean Sea   Italy
 
Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent
 
the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg


raw material from cruise P339 of RV Poseidon, found at 123m depth
 
 
 
The identification is based upon:
 Kaminski, M.A. and Cetean, C.G., 2011: Lectotypes of type species of agglutinated foraminiferal genera in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Part 2. Hippocrepinina and Hormosinina 
Kaminski, M.A. and Filipescu, S.; Eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 61-69. Krakow: Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16.   Plate 2, Fig. 23
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1001705
 
Citation: Hesemann, M., The Foraminifera.eu Database (2024). Accessed at http://www.foraminifera.eu on 2024-03-28. doi: 10/dt5p