Foraminifera taxon details
Elphidium longipontis Shchedrina, 1949
1049311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1049311)
accepted
Species
Cribroelphidium irrasum McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cribroelphidium longipontis (Shchedrina, 1949) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cribroelphidium williamsoni (Haynes, 1973) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Lacks the coarsely perforate test...)
Lacks the coarsely perforate test characteristic of Cribroelphidium (Hayward p.c. 2023)
Elphidium boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elphidium excavatum subsp. boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Gudina and Levchuk (1983))
Elphidium excavatum subsp. williamsoni Haynes, 1973 · unaccepted
Elphidium strattoni var. joaquinensis Bandy & Arnal, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Retroelphidium boreale (Nuzhdina, 1968) † · unaccepted > superseded combination (Retroelphidium is a subjective...)
Retroelphidium is a subjective junior synonym of Elphidium
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Shchedrina, Z. G. (1949). Фауна фораминифер Гридинской губы - Fauna of the foraminifera from the Gridinskaya lip. <em>Работы морской биол. станции Карело-финского университета - Works of marine biol. station of the Karelian-Finnish University.</em> 1[1948]: 70-92.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium longipontis Shchedrina, 1949. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049311 on 2026-04-14
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Shchedrina, Z. G. (1949). Фауна фораминифер Гридинской губы - Fauna of the foraminifera from the Gridinskaya lip. <em>Работы морской биол. станции Карело-финского университета - Works of marine biol. station of the Karelian-Finnish University.</em> 1[1948]: 70-92.
note: Not illustrated. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Elphidium excavatum subsp. boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 †) Gudina, V. I.; Nuzhdina, N. A.; Troitskiy, S. L. (1968). Новые данные о морском плейстоцене Таймырской низменности - New data on the marine Pleistocene of the Taymyr lowland. <em>Геология и геофизика, Сибирское отделение Российской академии наук - Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> 9(1): 40-48., available online at http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/publications/ibc/1968/gg-1968-01-05.pdf
page(s): p. 47; unnumbered plate, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973) Haynes, J. R. (1973). Cardigan Bay Recent Foraminifera (Cruises of the R. V. Antur, 1962-1964). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> Supplement 4, pp. 1-245., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44726681
page(s): p. 207-209, pl. 24, fig. 7; pl. 25, figs 5, 6; pl. 27, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Elphidium strattoni var. joaquinensis Bandy & Arnal, 1957) Bandy, O. L.; Arnal, R. E. (1957). Some new Tertiary and Recent foraminifera from California and the eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 8(2): 54-58., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/08ccffr2.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cribroelphidium irrasum McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hayward, B.W., Holzmann, M., Langer, M.R., Parker, J.H., Tsuchiya, M. (2025). Molecular and morphological taxonomy and biogeography of living Cribroelphidiidae, Elphidiellidae, Elphidiidae, Haynesinidae and related taxa (Foraminifera, Rotalioidea). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 71: 433-808., available online at https://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.71.5.01 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Shchedrina, Z. G. (1962). Foraminifery zalivov Belogo Morya [Foraminifera of the bays of the White Sea]. In: L. A. Zenkevitch, ed. Biology of the White Sea. <em>Reports. Moscow: White Sea Biology Station of State University.</em> 1: 51-69.
note: The name was already available in 1949. [details]
note: Not illustrated. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Elphidium excavatum subsp. boreale Nuzhdina, 1968 †) Gudina, V. I.; Nuzhdina, N. A.; Troitskiy, S. L. (1968). Новые данные о морском плейстоцене Таймырской низменности - New data on the marine Pleistocene of the Taymyr lowland. <em>Геология и геофизика, Сибирское отделение Российской академии наук - Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> 9(1): 40-48., available online at http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/publications/ibc/1968/gg-1968-01-05.pdf
page(s): p. 47; unnumbered plate, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973) Haynes, J. R. (1973). Cardigan Bay Recent Foraminifera (Cruises of the R. V. Antur, 1962-1964). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> Supplement 4, pp. 1-245., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44726681
page(s): p. 207-209, pl. 24, fig. 7; pl. 25, figs 5, 6; pl. 27, figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Elphidium strattoni var. joaquinensis Bandy & Arnal, 1957) Bandy, O. L.; Arnal, R. E. (1957). Some new Tertiary and Recent foraminifera from California and the eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 8(2): 54-58., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/08ccffr2.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cribroelphidium irrasum McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Hayward, B.W., Holzmann, M., Langer, M.R., Parker, J.H., Tsuchiya, M. (2025). Molecular and morphological taxonomy and biogeography of living Cribroelphidiidae, Elphidiellidae, Elphidiidae, Haynesinidae and related taxa (Foraminifera, Rotalioidea). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 71: 433-808., available online at https://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.71.5.01 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Shchedrina, Z. G. (1962). Foraminifery zalivov Belogo Morya [Foraminifera of the bays of the White Sea]. In: L. A. Zenkevitch, ed. Biology of the White Sea. <em>Reports. Moscow: White Sea Biology Station of State University.</em> 1: 51-69.
note: The name was already available in 1949. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium williamsoni) (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To GenBank (196 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium excavatum subsp. williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium williamsoni) (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To GenBank (196 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium excavatum subsp. williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
To PESI (from synonym Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973)
