Foraminifera taxon details
Elphidium galvestonense Kornfeld, 1931
582693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582693)
accepted
Species
Cribroelphidium galvestonense (Kornfeld, 1931) · unaccepted
Elphidium frizzelli Miller, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elphidium gunteri var. galvestonensis Kornfeld, 1931 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Elphidium gunteri var. galvestonensis Kornfeld, 1931) Kornfeld, M. M. (1931). Recent Littoral Foraminifera from Texas and Louisiana. <em>Contributions from the Department of Geology of Stanford University.</em> 1(3): 77-93., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035458358&view=1up&seq=131&skin=2021
page(s): p. 87, pI. 15, figs. 1-3.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Galveston Island, Texas, USA. [details]
page(s): p. 87, pI. 15, figs. 1-3.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Galveston Island, Texas, USA. [details]
Type locality contained in United States part of the Gulf of Mexico
type locality contained in United States part of the Gulf of Mexico [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidium galvestonense Kornfeld, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582693 on 2025-11-28
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(of Elphidium frizzelli Miller, 1953) Miller, D.N. 1953. Ecological study of the foraminifera of the Mason Inlet, N. Carolina. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research 4: 41-63., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/04ccffr2.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Elphidium gunteri var. galvestonensis Kornfeld, 1931) Kornfeld, M. M. (1931). Recent Littoral Foraminifera from Texas and Louisiana. <em>Contributions from the Department of Geology of Stanford University.</em> 1(3): 77-93., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035458358&view=1up&seq=131&skin=2021
page(s): p. 87, pI. 15, figs. 1-3.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Galveston Island, Texas, USA. [details]
new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Elphidium gunteri var. galvestonensis Kornfeld, 1931) Kornfeld, M. M. (1931). Recent Littoral Foraminifera from Texas and Louisiana. <em>Contributions from the Department of Geology of Stanford University.</em> 1(3): 77-93., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035458358&view=1up&seq=131&skin=2021
page(s): p. 87, pI. 15, figs. 1-3.; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Galveston Island, Texas, USA. [details]
new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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