Nitzschia Hassall 1845 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae - Bacillariales - Bacillariaceae

Full reference: A.H. Hassall. 1845. A history of the British Freshwater Algae (including descriptions of the Diatomaceae and Desmidiaceae) with upwards of one hundred Plates. I. Text. Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, London 462 pp.

Parent taxon: Bacillariaceae according to G.R. Hasle and E.E. Syvertsen 1996

See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983 and Hassall 1845

Sister taxa: Alveus, Bacillaria, Crucidenticula, Denticula, Denticulopsis, Fragilariopsis, Hantzschia, Neodenticula, Tryblionella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection), United States (2: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Pliocene of Chile (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of United States (2: California, North Carolina)

Total: 8 collections including 13 occurrences

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