Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Rotalioidea > Family Elphidiidae > Subfamily Elphidiinae

Elphidium de Montfort, 1808

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cribroelphidium*	Cushman & Brönnimann, 1948	synonym; alternate representation
*Cribrononion*	Thalmann, 1946	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Elphidium aculeatum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Elphidium advenum (Cushman, 1922)
Elphidium articulatum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Elphidium asklundi Brotzen, 1943
Elphidium bartletti Cushman, 1933
Elphidium complanatum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Elphidium cuvillieri Levy, 1966
Elphidium decipiens (O.G.Costa, 1856)
Elphidium earlandi Cushman, 1936
Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
Elphidium fichtellianum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Elphidium gerthi Van Voorthuysen, 1957
Elphidium granosum (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Elphidium gunteri Cole, 1931
Elphidium iranicum (Yassini & Ghahreman, 1977)
Elphidium lessonii (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Elphidium lidoense (Cushman, 1936)
Elphidium macellum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Elphidium maioricensis Colom, 1942
Elphidium margaritaceum Cushman, 1930
Elphidium oceanensis (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Elphidium ponticum (Dolgopolskaja & Pauli, 1931)
Elphidium semistriatum (d'Orbigny, 1852)
Elphidium striatopunctatum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Elphidium subarcticum Cushman, 1944
Elphidium subnodosum (Munster, 1838)
Elphidium translucens Natland, 1938
Elphidium umbilicatulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
Elphidium waddense Van Voorthuysen, 1975
Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973

Literature

basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Loeblich, A.R., Tappan, H. (1988). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
additional source	Hayward, B.W., Hollis, C.J., Grenfell, H.R. 1997. Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the South-West Pacific and fossil Elphidiidae of New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Monograph 16, 166 p.

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External Links

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Citation

Hayward, B.; Gross, O. (2014). Elphidium. In: Hayward, B.W., Cedhagen, T., Kaminski, M., Gross, O. (2014) World Foraminifera Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112162