Deep-Sea name details
Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875)
113267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113267)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Cribroelphidium clavatum (Cushman, 1930) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, DNA shows this to be a separate species from excavatum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Terquem, O. (1875). Essai sur le classement des animaux qui vivent sur le plage et dans les environs de Dunkerque (premier fascicule). Paris. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5614755b/f461
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113267 on 2026-02-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113267 on 2026-02-10
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(of ) Terquem, O. (1875). Essai sur le classement des animaux qui vivent sur le plage et dans les environs de Dunkerque (premier fascicule). Paris. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5614755b/f461
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
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
new combination reference Lévy, A.; Poignant, A.; Rosset-Moulnier, M.; Rouvillois, A. (1975). Sur quelques foraminifères actuels des plages de Dunkerque et des environs: néotypes et espèces nouvelle. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 17: 171-181. [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 2a, b [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
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
new combination reference Lévy, A.; Poignant, A.; Rosset-Moulnier, M.; Rouvillois, A. (1975). Sur quelques foraminifères actuels des plages de Dunkerque et des environs: néotypes et espèces nouvelle. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 17: 171-181. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Infaunal; common in sediments with highly variable sand, mud and TOC contents, salinity 15–31 (Alve and Murray, 1999), intertidal to subtidal in estuaries, lagoons, continental shelf and slope (down to several hundred metres). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium excavatum)
To GenBank (189 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elphidium excavatum)
To GenBank (189 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
