Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Polymorphinida  Family: Ellipsolagenidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

Station 14855-1 (1100m depth)

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the washed raw material from which the forams are picked is provided by
visiting researcher at Senckenberg am Meer, Abteilung Meeresforschung, Wilhelmshaven

 

 

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1923: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 4. Lagenidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 104.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 3, Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1016880