Class: Miliolata  Subclass: Miliolana  Order: Miliolida  Family: Hauerinidae

 

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 Cai-Uso Wohler.

The raw material was collected during IceAGE RR cruise MSM75 at St. 171 (about 680m depth).
It was provided by K. Jesulke and Dr. J. Taylor from the DZMB,

 

 

tooth broken off

 

The identification is based upon:

 Cushman, J., A., 1929: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 6. Miliolidae, Ophthalmidiidae and Fischerinidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 2, Fig. 1-2

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018713