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Denticula

Bacillariophyceae - Bacillariales - Bacillariaceae

Taxonomy
Denticula was named by Kützing (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bacillariaceae by Kützing (1844); and to Tabellariaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Denticula Kützing
1976Denticula Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderBacillariales
familyBacillariaceae
genusDenticula

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.

G. Denticula Kützing 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) D. hustedtii, D. lauta, D. nicobarica, D. norwegica, D. punctata (48887)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) D. nicobarica (224619)