Cymatopleura Smith 1851 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae - Surirellales - Surirellaceae

Full reference: W. Smith. 1851. Notes on the Diatomaceae, with descriptions of British Species included in the genera Campylodiscus, Surirella and Cymatopleura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(7):1-14

Parent taxon: Surirellaceae according to W. Smith 1851

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Campylodiscus, Cymatotheca, Surirella

Subtaxa: Cymatopleura elliptica

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Handawor (Quaternary of India)

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