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 margaritaceum Cushman, 1930

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

*Elphidium advenum var. margaritaceum*	Cushman, 1930	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.
new combination reference	Cimerman, F.; Langer, M.R. (1991). Mediterranean Foraminifera. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Akademia Scientiarum et Artium Slovenica. 118 pp., 93 plts., Ljubljana.
new combination reference	Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium margaritaceum Cushman, 1930. 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:113279