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

Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elphidium*	Montfort, 1808	accepted genus name
*Elphidium (Polystomella)*	Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932	synonym
*Polystomella*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Species group names

*Nautilus crispus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

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	Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
new combination reference	Cushman, J. A.; Grant, U. S. (1927). Late Tertiary and Quaternary Elphidiums of the west coast of North America. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 5(6): 69-82.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:113262