Clevamphora ovalis (Kützing) Mereschkowsky 1906

Current name: Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing
Seattle, Washington, USA; Green Lake, 1000x, DIC - 27 November 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Clevamphora ovalis (Kützing) Mereschkowsky 1906: 25

Published in: Mereschkowsky, K.S. (1906). Diatomovyia vodorosli Tibeta [Diatomées du Tibet]. In: Mongolia i Kam Trudy ekspeditsii Imperatorskago russkago geograficheskago obshchestva, sovershennoiv 1899-1901. Vol. VII. (Kozlova, P.K. Eds), pp. 1-40. St. Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. [in Russian and French]

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Clevamphora.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.

Basionym
Frustulia ovalis Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: bei Weisenfels; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 18 March 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 16 December 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025