Family Elphidiellidae Holzmann and Pawlowski 2017 (foram)
Foraminifera - Rotalioidea - Elphidiellidae
Full reference: M. Holzmann and J. Pawlowski. 2017. An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. Marine Micropaleontology 132:18-34
Parent taxon: Rotalioidea according to M. Holzmann and J. Pawlowski 2017
Sister taxa: Ammoniidae, Elphidiidae, Haynesinidae, Notorotaliidae, Orbulinidae
Subtaxa: Elphidiella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Atlantic (4 collections), North Pacific (15), Poland (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Austria (1), India (1), North Pacific (2)
• Paleocene of Libya (1)
Total: 29 collections including 38 occurrences