Placoneis elginensis var. cuneata (M.Møller ex Foged) Lange-Bertalot 1985

Publication Details
Placoneis elginensis var. cuneata (M.Møller ex Foged) Lange-Bertalot 1985: 68; pl. 23, fig. 3-6

Published in: Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1985). Naviculaceae Neue und wenig bekannte Taxa, neue Kombinationen und Synonyme sowie Bemerkungen zu einigen Gattungen. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 9: [1]-230, including 43 plates.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Placoneis is Placoneis gastrum (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Placoneis cuneata (M.Möller ex Foged) M.Potapova.

Source of Synonymy
Potapova, M. (2014). Diatoms of Bering Island, Kamchatka, Russia. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 143: 63-102, 401 fig., 1 table.

Basionym
Navicula dicephala f. cuneata M.Møller ex Foged

Type Information
Type locality: "Freshwater kieselguhr deposit, Co. Antrim, Ireland"; (Foged 1977: 78)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 February 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025