Elphidium margaritaceum (Cushman, 1930)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Elphidiida  Family: Elphidiidae

found in the North Atlantic          

Geological Time: Quaternary  Holocene  recent


the drawings are published in the book cited below
author and collection: Joseph A. Cushman

View of a specimen of Elphidium margaritaceum (Cushman, 1930)


The identification is based upon:
Cushman, J., A., 1930: The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean. Part 7. Nonionidae, Camerinidae, Peneroplidae and Alveolinellidae. in Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 104. Plate 10, Fig. 3