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

 

found at  Reykjanes Ridge

   South of Iceland   off territorial waters

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

The specimen is picked and the image is made by Dieter Ketelsen.

The raw material was collected during IceAGE RR cruise MSM75 at St. 7 (250-433m depth).
It was provided by K. Jesulke and Dr. J. Taylor from the DZMB,

 

 

slender variant

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1930: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 2, Fig. 1-2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1017819