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 macellum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)

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 macellum*	Fichtel & Moll, 1798	synonym
*Nautilus macellus*	Fichtel & Moll, 1798	synonym
*Polystomella macella*	(Fichtel & Moll, 1798)	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	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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium macellum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798). 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:113276