Name: Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gir.va.nel’la. N.L. fem. n. Girvanella, pertaining to Girvan District, Scotland

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Girvanell-), gir-wa-NEL-la

Type species: Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

Valid publication: Nicholson HA, Etheridge R. A Monograph of the Silurian Fossils of the Girvan District in Ayrshire. Fasciculus I. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1878.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mitcheldeania Wethered 1886	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975. Publication: Luchinina VA. Palaeoalgological characteristics of the Early Cambrian of the Siberian Platform (in Russian). USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk 1975; 216:1-99.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cirvanella"; "Gireanella"; "Giroanella"; "Girranelfa"; "Giruanella"; "Girvaneila"; "Girvanelia"; "Girwanella"; "Oirvanella"; "Uirvanella".
  • 🧍 Nicholson and Etheridge (1878) regarded this genus as Rhizopoda but mentioned an alternative opinion, which regarded it as Foraminifera. Publication: Nicholson HA, Etheridge R. A Monograph of the Silurian Fossils of the Girvan District in Ayrshire. Fasciculus I. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1878.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Girvanella antiqua Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Girvanella antiquoformis Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella densa Conil and Lys 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella distans Conil and Lys 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella magna Johnson 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella maplewoodensis Johnson 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella moorei Johnson 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella nicholsoni (Wethered 1886) Wood 1941	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Girvanella nicholsonii corrig. (Wethered 1886) Wood 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella ottonosia Pia 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella permica Steinmann 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella sibirica Maslov 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella texana Johnson 1950	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella tosaensis Yabe and Toyama 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

Assigned by: Luchinina VA. Palaeoalgological characteristics of the Early Cambrian of the Siberian Platform (in Russian). USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk 1975; 216:1-99.

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Record number: 41883