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Alternia silva

Taxonomy
Alternia silva was named by Vologdin (1962). It is not extant. It is the type species of Alternia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Alternia silva Vologdin

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusAlterniaVologdin 1962
speciessilvaVologdin 1962

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Alternia silva Vologdin 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-12-04 09:01:31
Modified: 2007-12-04 11:01:31
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available