Foraminifera taxon details

Elphidium discoidale (d'Orbigny, 1839)

418086  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418086)

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Polystomella discoidalis d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Opinion of Cushman (1930, 1939),...)  
Opinion of Cushman (1930, 1939), Hofker (1964)

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(of Polystomella discoidalis d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 56 pl. 6 fig. 23-24 [details]   
Type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium discoidale (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418086 on 2024-04-23
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original description  (of Polystomella discoidalis d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 56 pl. 6 fig. 23-24 [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  PDF available [request] 

basis of record 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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Le Calvez, Y. (1977). Révision des Foraminifères de la collection d'Orbigny. 2, Foraminifères de l'île de Cuba. <em>Cahiers de Micropaléontologie, CNRS.</em> 2: 1-131.
page(s): p. 69-70; note: Cushman's description of E. discoidale (1930)does not fit with d'Orbigny's species. [details]   

new combination reference Hofker, J. (1964). Foraminifera from the tidal zone in the Netherlands Antilles and other West Indian Islands. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 21: 1-119., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506177
page(s): p. 111 fig. 272 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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
page(s): p. 56, pl. 15, figs. 5-7. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Diagnosis According to Le Calvez ( 1977), Cushman's description of E. discoidale (1930)does not fit with d'Orbigny's species. [details]