Cymatopleura Smith 1851 (diatom)
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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
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Handawor (Quaternary of India)
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