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| Melosira horologium (Ehrenberg) Ralfs in Pritchard 1861, p. 819; pl. 5, fig. 62 | |||
| Basionym | Gaillonella horologium Ehrenberg 1843 | ||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Published in | Pritchard, A. 1861 [ref. 001063]. A history of infusoria, living and fossil: arranged according to Die infusionsthierchen of C.G. Ehrenberg; containing colored engravings, illustrative of all the genera, and descriptions of all the species in that work, with several new ones; to which is appended an account of those recently discovered in the chalk formations. xii. Edition IV, revised and enlarged by J.T. Arlidge, W. Archer, J. Ralfs, W.C. Williamson and the author. London, Whittaker and Co., 1861. xiii + 968 pp., 40 pls. | ||
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| Collector | Assessment of record accuracy | likely accurate | |
| List of nomenclatural synonyms | Gaillonella horologium Ehrenberg 1843 Sphaerotermia horologium (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1854 Lysigonium horologium (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891 Miosira horologium (Ehrenberg) V. Houk 2010 | ||