Thalassionema Mereschkowsky 1902 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Thalassionematales - Thalassionemataceae
Thalassionema Grunow ex Mereschkowsky 1902
Full reference: C. Mereschkowsky. 1902. Liste des Diatomées de la mer Noire. Scripta Botanica (Botanisheskia Zapiski). St. Petersburg 19:51-88
Parent taxon: Thalassionemataceae according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983 and Andrews 1976
Sister taxa: Lioloma, Thalassiothrix, Trichotoxon
Subtaxa: Thalassionema obtusa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chile (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), Morocco (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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