WoRMS taxon details
Elphidiidae Galloway, 1933
- Subfamily Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933
- Genus Australononion Hayward & Parker in Hayward et al., 2025
- Genus Elphidium Montfort, 1808
- Genus Hispidoelphidium Parker in Hayward et al., 2025
- Genus Millettoelphidium Hayward and Parker in Hayward et al., 2025
- Genus Stomoloculina He, Hu & Wang, 1965
- Genus Toddinella Gudina & Levchuk, 1983
- Genus Andromedes Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
- Genus Canalifera Krasheninnikov, 1953 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Name not available ICZN Art. 13(a)(i) Elphidium eichwaldi was a nomen nudum at time of erection of the genus fide Ellis and Messina database.)
- Genus Carpenterella Krasheninnikov, 1953 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Cellanthus Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
- Genus Cellulia Agassiz, 1844 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, err. emend.)
- Genus Cribrononion Thalmann, 1947 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Delosinella Collins, 1981 accepted as Rectoelphidiella He, Hu & Wang, 1965 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Elphidiononion Hofker, 1951 accepted as Cribroelphidium Cushman & Brönnimann, 1948 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Faujasinella Voloshinova, 1958 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Geophonus Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
- Genus Helicoza Möbius, 1880 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Munkiella Collins, 1981 accepted as Stomoloculina He, Hu & Wang, 1965 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Ozawaia Cushman, 1931 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Junior subjective synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (1997))
- Genus Perfectononion Voloshinova & Leonenko, 1970 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Planoelphidium Voloshinova, 1958 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Polystomatium Ehrenberg, 1839 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Polystomella Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
- Genus Porosononion Putrya in Voloshinova, 1958 accepted as Protelphidium Haynes, 1956 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudoelphidiella Voloshinova & Kuznetsova, 1970 accepted as Elphidiella Cushman, 1936 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Retroelphidium Voloshinova, 1970 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Saidovella Voloshinova & Kuznetsova, 1970 accepted as Elphidiella Cushman, 1936 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Genus Sporilus Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
- Genus Themeon Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Vorticialis Lamarck, 1812 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidiidae Galloway, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111922 on 2026-01-11
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original description
Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829 [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Diagnosis Test planispiral to trochospiral or may uncoil in later stage; sutural canal system opening into sutural pores; aperture interiomarginal or areal, single or multiple. Paleocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
