Melosira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Melosira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1849: 31
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacoseira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Houk & Klee.
Basionym
Gaillonella spiralis Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Oregon: Columbia River, fossil; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype (V. Houk & R. Klee, Fottea 7: pl. XCII): BHUPM: mica "Oregon 4"; No. 240912 (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 July 2017
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
