Name: Collenia Walcott 1914

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Col.le’ni.a. L. gen. masc. n. collis, hill; N.L. fem. n. Collenia

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Colleni-), kol-LE-ni-a

Type species: Collenia undosa Walcott 1914

Valid publication: Walcott CD. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. Pre-Cambrian Algonkian Algal Flora. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1914; 64:77-156.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Walcott (1914) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Walcott CD. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. Pre-Cambrian Algonkian Algal Flora. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1914; 64:77-156.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Callenia"; "Cellenia"; "Coflenia"; "Coilenia"; "Colfenia"; "Colienia"; "Colleina"; "Colleinia"; "Collena"; "Collenja"; "Collenta"; "Coltenia"; "Gollenia".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) "Colleinia" is fossil species of cyanophytes. The original publication indicates an origin from distinct horizons in Arizona and Montana. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 36
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 36
Total number of child taxa: 41

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Collenia albertensis Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia angarica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia asiatica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia baicalica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia biwabikensis Grout and Broderick 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia buriatica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia clappii Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia columnaris Fenton and Fenton 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia compacta Walcott 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia expansa Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia ferrata Grout and Broderick 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia frequens (Walcott 1906) Walcott 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia ilimica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia inverta corrig. Banerjee 1969	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia invertum Banerjee 1969	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Collenia katangica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia kavalkani Nuzhnov 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia kona Twenhofel 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia magna Fenton and Fenton 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia milconi Nuzhnov 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia multiflabella Rezak 1957	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Collenia nailensis" Misra and Kumar 1968	not validly published	preferred name
    Collenia occidentale Walcott 1914	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Collenia occidentalis corrig. Walcott 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia okunaika Maslov 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia omachtensis Nuzhnov 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Collenia paliensis" Misra and Kumar 1968	not validly published	preferred name
    Collenia parva Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia problematica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Collenia raintolensis" Misra and Kumar 1968	not validly published	preferred name
    Collenia saianica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia schamanica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia septentrionalis Fenton and Fenton 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia spissa Fenton and Fenton 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia symmetrica Fenton and Fenton 1931	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia tungusica Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia turtschanensis Nuzhnov 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia umbella Maslov 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia undosa Walcott 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia versiformis Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Collenia willisii Fenton and Fenton 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 46709