WoRMS taxon details
Elphidium alvarezianum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
490089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490089)
accepted
Species
Elphidium advenum subsp. limbatum (Chapman, 1907) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Elphidium earlandi subsp. avalonense Collins, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Hayward et al (2025))
Elphidium macellum var. limbatum (Chapman, 1907) · unaccepted
Polystomella alvareziana d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Opinion of Cushman and Kellett (1929))
Polystomella macella var. limbata Chapman, 1907 · unaccepted
- Variety Elphidium alvarezianum var. serrulatum Cushman & Parker, 1931 accepted as Elphidium serrulatum Cushman & Parker, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polystomella alvareziana d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 31. pI. 3, figs. 11, 12.; note: Type locality: Patagonia and Islas Malvinas. [details]
page(s): p. 31. pI. 3, figs. 11, 12.; note: Type locality: Patagonia and Islas Malvinas. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium alvarezianum (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490089 on 2026-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Elphidium earlandi subsp. avalonense Collins, 1974) Collins, A. C. (1974). Port Phillip Survey 1957–63 Foraminiferida. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 35: 1-61., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053549
page(s): p. 43 pl. 3 fig. 32 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polystomella macella var. limbata Chapman, 1907) Chapman, F. (1907). Recent Foraminifera of Victoria: some littoral gatherings. <em>Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club.</em> 2(10): 117-146. [details]
original description (of Polystomella alvareziana d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 31. pI. 3, figs. 11, 12.; note: Type locality: Patagonia and Islas Malvinas. [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]
page(s): p. 43 pl. 3 fig. 32 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polystomella macella var. limbata Chapman, 1907) Chapman, F. (1907). Recent Foraminifera of Victoria: some littoral gatherings. <em>Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club.</em> 2(10): 117-146. [details]
original description (of Polystomella alvareziana d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 31. pI. 3, figs. 11, 12.; note: Type locality: Patagonia and Islas Malvinas. [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Polystomella macella var. limbata Chapman, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium advenum subsp. limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium advenum subsp. limbatum (Chapman, 1907))
