Name: Conophytaceae corrig. Konyushkov 1978

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Co.no.phy.ta’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Conophytaceae, the Conophyton family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-no-p^hy-TA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Conophyton Maslov 1937

Valid publication: Konyushkov KN. O diagnosticheskikh priznakakh i sistematike stromatolitov dokembriya [On diagnostic features and systematics of Precambrian stromatolites]. [in Russian. Biostratigraficheskii Sbornik 1978; 289:74-83.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lopatinellaceae Vologdin 1962

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lopatinellaceae Vologdin 1962	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Conophytonidae Konyushkov 1978	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Konyushkov (1978) assigned the genus Conophyton Maslov 1937 to this family. Publication: Konyushkov KN. O diagnosticheskikh priznakakh i sistematike stromatolitov dokembriya [On diagnostic features and systematics of Precambrian stromatolites]. [in Russian. Biostratigraficheskii Sbornik 1978; 289:74-83.
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Lopatinellaceae Vologdin 1962. Publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.
  • 🚋 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Lopatinellaceae Vologdin 1962. Publication: Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.
  • ❗ Conophytaceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-01-24.

Parent taxon: Graniferales Vologdin 1962

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Vologdin AG. Drevnejshie vodorosli SSSR [Ancient Algae of the USSR]. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian], Moscow, 1962.

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Record number: 56854