Amphora stroppiana Selva 1981

Publication Details
Amphora stroppiana Selva 1981: 86, 90, pl. 1: figs 11-13

Published in: Selva, S.B. (1981). Tertiary freshwater diatoms from the Ogallala of western Kansas, USA. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 88(2): 85-90.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphora is Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halamphora stroppiana (Selva) I.W.Bishop & Spaulding.

Source of Synonymy
Bishop, I.W., Tucker, S.T., Joeckel, R.M. & Spaulding, S.A. (2018). Benthic fossil diatoms from the upper Ogallala Group (late Miocene) near Scotia, NE (USA). Nova Hedwigia, Beihefte 147: 261-294, 326 fig., 1 table.

Type Information
Type locality: USA: Kansas: Ellis Co.; (INA 1996) Holotype: Selva; Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia (Selva Coll.); slide 9 no. 14 (INA 1996)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 10 April 2019 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 January 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025