Elphidium is a genus of foraminifera, one of the more common genera found near coasts. Like other forams, fossils from different species are used to date rocks.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0