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| Melosira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Brun 1880, p. 135; pl. 1, fig. 4 | |||
| Basionym | Melosira nivalis W. Smith in Greville 1855 | ||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Published in | Brun, J. 1880 [ref. 000174]. Diatomées des Alpes et du Jura et de la région Suisse et Française des Environs de Genève. Imprimerie Ch. Schuchardt, Genève. 146 pp., 9 pls. | ||
| Type | INA card not found. Click here to check this name in the INA website. | ||
| Collector | Assessment of record accuracy | likely accurate | |
| List of nomenclatural synonyms | Melosira nivalis W. Smith in Greville 1855 Melosira polymorpha var. nivalis (W. Smith) Bethge 1925 Orthosira nivalis W. Smith in Greville 1855 Aulacoseira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Haworth 1990 Lysigonium nivale (W. Smith) Kuntze 1891 Melosira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Kirchner 1878 Melosira nivalis W. Smith 1856 Aulacoseira nivalis (W. Smith) J. English & M. Potapova 2009 | ||