Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae
 
found in the North Atlantic unknown
      none
 
Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent

the drawings are published in the book cited below, author and collection:
 
holotype
 
View of a specimen of Elphidium excavatum subsp. clavatum (Cushman, 1930)
 
The identification is based upon:
 Cushman, J., A., 1930: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae.  Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104.  Plate 7, Fig. 10
 
 
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dataset number: FEU-1012597
 
 
Citation:
Cushman, J., A., 1930: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104. Plate 7, Fig 10