MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930

ERMS name details

Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Elphidium incertum clavatum CC10403 holo)

AphiaID

466569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:466569)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (DNA shows this to be a separate species from excavatum)

Accepted name

Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Cribroelphidium clavatum (Cushman, 1930)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875) accepted as Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)

Original name

Elphidium incertum var. clavatum Cushman, 1930

Synonymised names

Elphidium incertum var. clavatum Cushman, 1930 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Elphidium incertum var. clavatum Cushman, 1930) Cushman, J. A. (1930). The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 104 (7): 1-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7879320
page(s): p. 20, pl. 7, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=466569 on 2026-02-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466569 on 2026-02-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-03-26 06:48:17Z

created

Hayward, Bruce W.

2010-06-18 08:30:03Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2017-04-29 08:15:45Z

changed

Le Coze, François

2023-02-15 00:20:04Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2023-08-04 08:20:38Z

changed

Le Coze, François

Licensing

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original description (of Elphidium incertum var. clavatum Cushman, 1930) Cushman, J. A. (1930). The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 104 (7): 1-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7879320
page(s): p. 20, pl. 7, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Darling, K. F.; Schweizer, M.; Knudsen, K. L.; Evans, K. M.; Bird, C.; Roberts, A.; Filipsson, H. L.; Kim, J.-H.; Gudmundsson, G.; Wade, C. M.; Sayer, M. D.; Austin, W. E. (2016). The genetic diversity, phylogeography and morphology of Elphidiidae (Foraminifera) in the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Micropaleontology. 129: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.09.001 [details]