Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933

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Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933

AphiaID

721061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721061)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Elphidiidae Galloway, 1933

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Genus Elphidium Montfort, 1808
Genus Hispidoelphidium Parker in Hayward et al., 2025
Genus Millettoelphidium Hayward & Parker in Hayward et al., 2025
Genus Toddinella Gudina & Levchuk, 1983
Genus Cellanthus Montfort, 1808 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Cushman (1927))
Genus Cribrononion Thalmann, 1947 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721061 on 2026-04-18

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721061 on 2026-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-03-07 13:23:50Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-02-18 22:06:55Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2025-11-02 04:04:16Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

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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 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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