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Elphidium latispatium pontium

Elphidiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Elphidium poeyanum d'Orbigny
1983Elphidium latispatium pontium Gibson p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyRotalioideaEhrenberg 1839
familyElphidiidaeGalloway 1933
RankNameAuthor
subfamilyElphidiinaeGalloway 1933
genusElphidiumMonfort 1808
specieslatispatium
subspeciespontium(d'Orbigny 1948)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-05-20 03:14:18
Modified: 2009-09-02 22:14:40
Source: g = genus, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Elphidium poeyanum (44521)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Elphidium poeyanum (94810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Elphidium latispatium (59305)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Elphidium poeyanum (60932)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Suriname Elphidium poeyanum (209451 209452 209453)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Elphidium poeyanum (57702)