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| Opephoropsis J. Frenguelli 1945, pg. 205 | |
| Generitype | T: Opephoropsis swartzii (A.Grunow) J. Frenguelli 1945 (‘schwartzii’) (= Fragillaria swartzii Grunow 1863) |
| Designated by | Frenguelli, J.(000365) |
| Year Designated | 1945 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. This genus name was erroneously spelt Opheporopsis p. 205 but correctly spelled Opephoropsis in other parts of the text. The name of the type species is incorrectly spelled O. schwartzii in Frenguelli, and should be corrected to swartzii . |
| Published in |
Frenguelli, J. 1945 (ref. 365) El Platense y sus diatomeas, Las diatomeas del Platense Revista del Museo de La Plata (Nueva Serie), Seccion Paleontologia, Vol:3, 77-221, 15 pls |