Class: Nodosariata  Subclass: Nodosariana  Order: Vaginulinida  Family: Vaginulinidae

 

found on the  Mauritanian Slope

   off West Africa   Mauritania

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the images are picked and made by Michael Hesemann, the raw material was provided by Leon Hoffman,

 

 

RV Maria S. Merian Cruise 16/3 Station 14904-1 (510m depth)

 

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 36, Fig. 5,6

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1018838