Foraminifera name details
Elphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858)
113271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113271)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Cribroelphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Elphidium voorthuyseni Haake, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Considered to be a junior synonym...)
Considered to be a junior synonym by Darling et al. (2016).
- Subspecies Elphidium incertum subsp. selseyensis (Heron-Allen & Earland) Em. Brand, 1941 accepted as Cribroelphidium selseyense (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911) accepted as Elphidium selseyense (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1911)
- Variety Elphidium incertum var. clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930 accepted as Cribroelphidium clavatum (Cushman, 1930) (superseded original combination)
- Variety Elphidium incertum var. lene Cushman & McCulloch, 1940 accepted as Elphidium lene Cushman & McCulloch, 1940 (Opinion of Hayward et al. (1997))
- Variety Elphidium incertum var. mexicanum Kornfeld, 1931 accepted as Elphidium mexicanum Kornfeld, 1931
- Variety Elphidium incertum var. obscura Voloshinova, 1939 accepted as Toddinella obscura (Voloshinova in Voloshinova & Petrov, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polystomella umbilicatula var. incerta Williamson, 1858) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 82 [details]
page(s): p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 82 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113271 on 2025-11-02
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(of Polystomella umbilicatula var. incerta Williamson, 1858) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 82 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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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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]
page(s): p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 82 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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
[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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Ecology Epifaunal, epiphytic; infaunal down to 10cm (Matera and Lee, 1972); brackish marshes, UK; slightly brackish lagoons from Cape Cod to Long Island Sound, USA. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cribroelphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858))
To ITIS
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cribroelphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
