Pterotheca Grunow ex Forti, 1909, nom. illeg.

Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.

Currently accepted name for the type species: Ktenodiscus hungaricus Pantocsek

Original publication: Forti, A. (1909). Studi per una monografía del genera Pyxilla (Diatomee) e dei generi affini. Nuova Notarisia 20: 19-34.

Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-03-24 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ktenodiscus.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Nikolaev, V.A., Kociolek, J.P., Fourtanier, E., Barron, J.A. & Harwood, D.M. (2001). Late Cretaceous diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from the Marca Shale member of the Moreno Formation, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 152: 1-119, 39 plates.

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024