Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)       

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

found at Challenger Station 24   Caribbean   British Virgin Islands   from 713m depth

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 Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)


The identification is based upon:
Jones, Robert Wynn, 1994: The Challenger Foraminifera Oxford Univ Press 416 pp. Plate 109, Fig. 8