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| Xanthiopyxis (C.G. Ehrenberg) C.G. Ehrenberg 1845, pg. 56, 81 | |
| Generitype | T: not designated |
| Designated by | |
| Year Designated | 0 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Name first published in Ehrenberg 1844 (ref. 001185), p. 264, for a new subgenus of Pyxidicula Ehrenberg (Pyxidicula subgenus Xanthiopyxis Ehr.); 4 species were listed, no type was designated. Xanthiopyxis is treated as a genus in Ehrenberg 1845 (ref. 000955) where a list of taxa includes Xanthiopyxis oblonga and X. urceolus; Xanthiopyxis urceolus (new species) is described p. 81. |
| Published in |
Ehrenberg, C.G. 1845 (ref. 955) Neue Untersuchungen über das kleinste Leben als geologisches Moment Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Vol:1845, 53-87 |