Foraminifera taxon details
Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
113267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113267)
accepted
Species
Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Lacks the coarsely perforate test...)
Lacks the coarsely perforate test characteristic of Cribroelphidium (Hayward p.c. 2023)
Cribrononion excavatum (Terquem, 1875) · unaccepted
Elphidium excavatum f. excavatum (Terquem, 1875) · unaccepted
Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875 · unaccepted (Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. planatum He, Hu & Wang, 1965 †
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. sydneyense (Albani, 1978)
- Forma Elphidium excavatum f. excavatum (Terquem, 1875) accepted as Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
- Forma Elphidium excavatum f. selseyensis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911) accepted as Cribroelphidium selseyense (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911) accepted as Elphidium selseyense (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911)
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 † accepted as Retroelphidium boreale (Nuzhdina, 1968) † accepted as Elphidium boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 (Opinion of Gudina and Levchuk (1983))
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, DNA shows this to be a separate species from excavatum)
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. oirgi Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997 accepted as Elphidium oirgi Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997 (unaccepted > superseded combination, Molecular studies this taxon is unrelated to E. excavatum.)
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. williamsoni Haynes, 1973 accepted as Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875) Terquem, O. (1875). Essai sur le classement des animaux qui vivent sur le plage et dans les environs de Dunkerque (premier fascicule). Paris. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5614755b/f461
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
Type locality contained in Dunkerque
type locality contained in Dunkerque [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113267 on 2025-05-28
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(of Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875) Terquem, O. (1875). Essai sur le classement des animaux qui vivent sur le plage et dans les environs de Dunkerque (premier fascicule). Paris. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5614755b/f461
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1939). A monograph of the foraminiferal Family Nonionidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 191: 1-123., available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0191/report.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Lévy, A.; Poignant, A.; Rosset-Moulnier, M.; Rouvillois, A. (1975). Sur quelques foraminifères actuels des plages de Dunkerque et des environs: néotypes et espèces nouvelle. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 17: 171-181. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1939). A monograph of the foraminiferal Family Nonionidae. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 191: 1-123., available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0191/report.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Lévy, A.; Poignant, A.; Rosset-Moulnier, M.; Rouvillois, A. (1975). Sur quelques foraminifères actuels des plages de Dunkerque et des environs: néotypes et espèces nouvelle. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 17: 171-181. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium excavatum)
To GenBank (189 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cribrononion excavatum (Terquem, 1875))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium excavatum)
To GenBank (189 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cribrononion excavatum (Terquem, 1875))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
