Foraminifera taxon details
Elphidium owenianum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
710389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710389)
accepted
Species
Elphidium argenteum Parr, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elphidium macellum f. owenianum (d'Orbigny, 1839) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polystomella oweniana d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Opinion of Cushman (1929, 1939))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polystomella oweniana 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. 30. pI. 3. figs. 3, 4.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Patagonian coast south of Rio Negro. [details]
page(s): p. 30. pI. 3. figs. 3, 4.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Patagonian coast south of Rio Negro. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium owenianum (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710389 on 2026-04-17
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original description
(of Elphidium argenteum Parr, 1945) Parr, W. J. (1945). Recent Foraminifera from Barwon Heads, Victoria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, new series.</em> 56: 189-228., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55050729 [details]
original description (of Polystomella oweniana 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. 30. pI. 3. figs. 3, 4.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Patagonian coast south of Rio Negro. [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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original description (of Polystomella oweniana 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. 30. pI. 3. figs. 3, 4.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Patagonian coast south of Rio Negro. [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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
