Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Gavelinellidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

Station 14903-1 (414m depth) at N 17.548 W 16.662

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the raw material is provided by Leon Hoffman,

 

 

umbilical view

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1931: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 8. Rotaliidae, Amphisteginidae, Calcarinidae, Cymbaloporettidae, Globorotaliidae, Anomalinidae, Planorbulinidae, Rupertiidae and Homotremidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 18, Fig. 1-2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1012135