Foraminifera - Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Full reference: K. Asano. 1949. Foraminifera from the Asagai Formation (Tertiary) of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 23(5):473-478
Belongs to Elphidium according to K. Asano 1949
Sister taxa: Elphidium advenum, Elphidium californicum, Elphidium discoidale, Elphidium ingressans, Elphidium lanieri, Elphidium latispatium, Elphidium latispatium pontium, Elphidium margaritaceum, Elphidium neocrespinae, Elphidium nitidium, Elphidium oceanicum, Elphidium omotoensis, Elphidium sagrum, Elphidium simplex, Elphidium yumotoense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yumoto [Asagai Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone in the Asagai Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Yumoto [Asagai Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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