Corinna (diatom)

Corinna
Temporal range: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: incertae sedis
Genus: Corinna
P.A.C.Heiberg, 1863[1]
Species

Corinna elegans Heiberg, 1863 (accepted as Hemiaulus elegans (P.A.C.Heiberg) Grunow, 1884)

Corinna is an extinct genus of diatoms of uncertain placement within Bacillariophyceae (incertae sedis). C. elegans is from the Cretaceous of Canada.

References

  1. Conspectus criticus diatomacearum danicarum: kritisk oversigt over de danske diatomeer. PAC Heiberg, 1863 (description page 53)
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