Gaillonella sculpta Ehrenberg 1845
Publication Details
Gaillonella sculpta Ehrenberg 1845: 77, no fig.
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.
Type Species
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 Pseudoaulacosira sculpta (Ehrenberg) Usoltseva & Houk.
Type Information
Type locality: near Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A. (Miocene); (Usoltseva & Houk 2016: 47) Lectotype: brackish deposits; BHU (Case 24 Book 9A of the Ehrenberg Collection) ; first mica, orange circle in the strip 240909 (Usoltseva & Houk 2016: 47) Notes: Replaces invalid typification by Tuji, 2009: 15 (Usoltseva & Houk, 2016: 47).
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Description
Emended description (Usoltseva & Houk, 2016: 47).
Created: 29 September 2016 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024