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Pyxilla R.K. Greville 1865, pg. 1
Generitype LT: Pyxilla johnsoniana Greville
Designated by Round, Crawford & Mann (1990), p. 700 (ref. 003245)
Year Designated 1990
Nomenclatural status valid
Recent revisions Strelnikova 1982 (ref. 006719), Strelnikova & Nikolaev 1989 (ref. 006880)
Comments Two species originally included, Pyxilla johnsoniana R.K. Greville and Pyxilla barbadensis Greville, and no type is designated. See Forti 1909 (ref. 000336) (monograph of genus Pyxilla).
Published in

Greville, R.K. 1865  (ref. 420)

Descriptions of new and rare Diatoms. Series XIV.

Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, Vol:13, 1-10, pls I & II