Pseudoaulacosira sculpta (Ehrenberg) Usoltseva & Houk 2016
Publication Details
Pseudoaulacosira sculpta (Ehrenberg) Usoltseva & Houk 2016: 47, figs 1-48
Published in: Usoltseva, M, & Houk, V. (2016). Morphology and taxonomy of an almost forgotten fossil diatom, Gaillonella sculpta Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae). Diatom Research 31(1): 39-49.
Publication date: 2016
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudoaulacosira is Pseudoaulacosira moisseeviae (Lupikina) Lupikina & Khursevich.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gaillonella sculpta Ehrenberg
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 marine species.
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 19 April 2024