Melonis barleeanus Paski Channel,Croatia,recent,Holocene,Quaternary,, Foraminifera

Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858)

Class: Rotaliata Subclass: Rotaliana Order: Nonionida Family: Nonionidae

Mediterranean Sea Croatia

sediment from bycatch of trawler, from 70-80m depth

Geological Time: Quaternary Holocene recent

the image is made by Dr. Georg Rosenfeldt and Michael Hesemann with support of the
Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg

the specimen are picked and provided by

Jan Steger

View of a specimen of Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858)

according to WORMS M. barleeanum is synomized to M. barl

The identification is based upon: Sgarella F., and Moncharmon Zei, M., 1993: Benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematic and autoecology. Boll. Soc. Paleont. Ital., 32. Plate 26, Fig. 1

dataset number: FEU-1002945