Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)       

Class: Spirillinata  Subclass: Ammodiscana  Order: Ammodiscida  Family: Ammodiscidae
Taxon Profile

found at Challenger Station 46   Unknown   off territorial waters   

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


The scan of this drawing from Bradys HMS Challenger Report is made by Dr. David Bossard and used by his permission.
© Dr. David C. Bossard, 19thcenturyscience.org.

HMS Challenger Collection

View of a specimen of Glomospira charoides (Jones and Parker, 1860)


The identification is based upon:
Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. et. al., 2005: Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera. Plate 22, Fig. 1-16