Gaillonella spiralis Ehrenberg 1845
Publication Details
Gaillonella spiralis Ehrenberg 1845: 77 (as 'Gallionella? spiralis')
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). Neue Untersuchungen über das kleinste Leben als geologisches Moment.. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1845: 53-87.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Gaillonella is Conferva moniliformis O.F.Müller.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacoseira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Houk & Klee.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Oregon: Columbia River, fossil; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype (V. Houk & R. Klee, Fottea 7: pl. XCII): BHUPM: mica "Oregon 4"; No. 240912 (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1973).
Created: 25 July 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 09 January 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
