Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae

 

found in the  Swanage Bay

   Greater North Sea   UK

 

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

 

the images were made with the SEM VEGA3 TESCAN at Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven by Michael Hesemann, the raw material was provided by

 

 

the 8-shaped structure is not the aperture

 

The identification is based upon:

 , : Haynes, J. R. (1973). Cardigan Bay Recent Foraminifera (Cruises of the R. V. Antur, 1962-1964). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. Supplement 4, pp. 1-245.    Plate , Fig. 

 

 

 

dataset number: FEU-1024637