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| Pyrgodiscus F. Kitton ex P.T. Cleve 1885, pg. 173 | |
| Generitype | T: Pyrgodiscus armatus F. Kitton ex P.T. Cleve 1885 |
| Designated by | Kitton, F. ex Cleve, P.T.(000225) |
| Year Designated | 1885 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Two spellings in SVL: Pyrgodiscus (Pyrodiscus), original spelling Pyrgodiscus. Introduced as "....a new and undescribed genus from the Tegel, Pyrgodiscus Kitton, MS." |
| Published in |
Cleve, P.T. 1885 (ref. 225) On some fossil marine Diatoms found in the Moravian “Tegel” from Augarten, near Brünn Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2,, Vol:2, 165-177 |