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What are the slam damage dice granted by elemental body X? Does the target gain the slam damage dice of the true elemental creature of the appropriate size and element? Or do they retain their original humanoid slam damage, advanced only by size?
Here's the background: the text of the spell would strongly indicate that the target does not get the slam attacks of the elemental, because it is not among the changes enumerated in the spell description.
However, this creates a paradox in-game, where a creature can be polymorphed into a huge stone elemental (which ordinarily deal 2d8 on slams) but only deal 1d8 (base huge slam damage from Table 3-1 on Bestiary page 302).
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You use the stats for the creature as listed in the Bestiary. So for example an Eagle would normally have talons that do 1d3 but an Eagle's do 1d4 so you use the 1d4 number.
In most cases you should only have to adjust the damage when some external cause is introduced, such as strongjaw or improved natural attack. Note that if the creature possesses such a feat since you do not receive it you would have to adjust the damage down.
Here's the background: the text of the spell would strongly indicate that the target does not get the slam attacks of the elemental, because it is not among the changes enumerated in the spell description.
The text of the spell doesn't list that change, because that's one of the things listed as a universal change for the polymorph subschool:
In addition to these benefits, you gain any of the natural attacks of the base creature, including proficiency in those attacks. These attacks are based on your base attack bonus, modified by your Strength or Dexterity as appropriate, and use your Strength modifier for determining damage bonuses.