Bacillariophyceae - Surirellales - Surirellaceae
Full reference: P.J.F. Turpin. 1828. Observations sur le nouveau genre Surirella. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16:361-368
Parent taxon: Surirellaceae according to F.T. Kützing 1844
See also Cocquyt and Taylor 2015 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Campylodiscus, Cymatopleura, Cymatotheca
Subtaxa: Surirella congolensis Surirella ebalensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (1), North Pacific (13), United States (1: California)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
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