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

Elphidium Montfort, 1808

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elphidium (Polystomella)*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym
*Polystomella*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Children

Elphidium aculeatum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Elphidium advena (Cushman, 1922)
Elphidium articulatum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Elphidium asklundi Brotzen, 1943
Elphidium bartletti Cushman, 1933
Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930
Elphidium complanatum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Elphidium cuvillieri Lévy, 1966
Elphidium decipiens (O.G.Costa, 1856)
Elphidium depressulum Cushman, 1933
Elphidium earlandi Cushman, 1936
Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
Elphidium fichtelianum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Elphidium gerthi van Voorthuysen, 1957
Elphidium iranicum (Yassini & Ghahreman, 1976)
Elphidium lessonii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Elphidium lidoense Cushman, 1936
Elphidium macellum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Elphidium maioricense Colom, 1942
Elphidium margaritaceum Cushman, 1930
Elphidium oceanense (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904)
Elphidium ponticum Dolgopolskaya & Pauli, 1931
Elphidium selseyense (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911)
Elphidium semistriatum (d'Orbigny, 1852)
Elphidium striatopunctatum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Elphidium subnodosum (Münster, 1838)
Elphidium translucens Natland, 1938
Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973

Literature

original description	Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). 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.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium Montfort, 1808. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112162