Diatoma truncatum (Greville) Greville 1833
Publication Details
Diatoma truncatum (Greville) Greville 1833: 407
Published in: Greville, [R.K.] (1833). Div. IV. Diatomaceae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 401-415. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diatoma is Diatoma vulgaris Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fragilaria truncata (Greville) Van de Vijver & D.M.Williams.
Basionym
Echinella fasciculata var. truncata Greville
Type Information
Type locality: near Edinburgh; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: fresh-water, on conferveae etc., ditches ; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver et al., 2023: 766, fig. 170): BR-4741, slide prepared from Greville, original material.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 April 2023
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
