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| Pleurosigma compactum Greville 1857, p. 12; pl. 3, fig. 9 | |||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Published in | Greville, R.K. 1857 [ref. 001239]. Description of some new Diatomaceous forms from the West Indies. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London 5:7-12, pl. III. | ||
| Type | BM 993, holotype | Click here to view INA card. Click here to check this name in the INA website. | |
| Type Locality | Trinidad Mrs. Eccles | Language of description | E |
| Collector | Assessment of record accuracy | likely accurate | |
| List of nomenclatural synonyms | Amphiprora ralfsii Walker-Arnott 1858 Gyrosigma compactum (Greville) Cleve 1894 Rhoicosigma compactum (Greville) Grunow 1867 Donkinia compacta (Greville) Ralfs in Pritchard 1861 | ||