WoRMS name details
Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
113267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113267)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
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. sydneyense (Albani, 1978) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Forma Elphidium excavatum f. alba Feyling-Hanssen, 1972 accepted as Cribroelphidium clavatum (Cushman, 1930) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior subjective synonym Opinion of Hayward et al. (2025) [name unavailable, infrasubspecific])
- Forma Elphidium excavatum f. excavatum (Terquem, 1875) accepted as Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875) accepted as Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
- Forma Elphidium excavatum f. magna Miller, Scott & Medioli, 1982 accepted as Cribroelphidium clavatum (Cushman, 1930) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Junior subjective synonym Opinion of Hayward et al. (2025) [name unavailable, infrasubspecific])
- 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) accepted as Cribroelphidium decipiens (Costa, 1856)
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Cribroelphidium 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 superseded combination, Molecular studies this taxon is unrelated to E. excavatum.)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 accepted as Elphidium longipontis Shchedrina, 1949
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(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. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113267 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(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]
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]
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
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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]
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]
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
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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]
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]
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]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Infaunal; common in sediments with highly variable sand, mud and TOC contents, salinity 15–31 (Alve and Murray, 1999), intertidal to subtidal in estuaries, lagoons, continental shelf and slope (down to several hundred metres). [details]
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 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 ITIS
From editor or global species database
