Foraminifera taxon details
Elphidium formosum Todd, 1957
903516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:903516)
accepted
Species
Elphidium fijiense Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Todd, R. (1957). Smaller foraminifera: In Geology of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Part 3, Paleontology. <em>US Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 280-H: 265-320., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0280e-j/report.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium formosum Todd, 1957. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=903516 on 2026-03-08
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Todd, R. (1957). Smaller foraminifera: In Geology of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Part 3, Paleontology. <em>US Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 280-H: 265-320., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0280e-j/report.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Elphidium fijiense Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997) Hayward, B.W., Hollis, C.J., Grenfell, H.R. 1997. Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the South-West Pacific and fossil Elphidiidae of New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Monograph 16, 166 p. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
[request]original description (of Elphidium fijiense Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997) Hayward, B.W., Hollis, C.J., Grenfell, H.R. 1997. Recent Elphidiidae (Foraminiferida) of the South-West Pacific and fossil Elphidiidae of New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Monograph 16, 166 p. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
