Odontella mobiliensis (Bailey) Grunow, nom. inval. 1884
Publication Details
Odontella mobiliensis (Bailey) Grunow, nom. inval. 1884: 58 (as 'Mobilensis')
Published in: Bailey, J.W. (1851). Microscopical observations made in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 2(8): 1-48, 3 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: 1851
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Odontella is Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Trieres mobiliensis (Bailey) Ashworth & E.C.Theriot.
Source of Synonymy
Ashworth, M.P., Nakov, T. & Theriot, E.C. (2013). Revisiting Ross and Sims (1971); toward a molecular phylogeny of the Biddulphiaceae and Eupodiscaceae (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 49(6): 1207-1222.
Basionym
Zygoceros mobiliensis Bailey
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Alabama: Mobile Bay; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 August 2020
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Nomenclatural note
This name was first introduced by Bailey (1861: 6); CAS has "Invalid?" but does not give a reason why; however, the name has no morphological description, just an indication of habitat "*0dontella Mobilensis, B., with spicules of sponge". Later in the same publication Bailey (1861: 40, pl. 2: figs 34, 35) formally described what seems to be the same entity as Zugoceros mobiliensis and this has been treated as a valid name and employed as a basionym in subsequent publications. Grunow (1884: 58) used the name Odontella mobiliensis but inexplicably attributed the name to W. Smith [INA]. Williams, Sims & Ashworth (2018: 6) treat Odontella mobilensis Bailey as the earliest valid name despite tha lack of a validating description. If Odontella mobiliensis Bailey were to be valid it would have equal priority with publication with Zygoceros mobiliensis Bailey if both were shown to be based on the same type as appears to be the case. - (10 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025
