Name: Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gir.van.el’la. N.L. fem. n. Girvanella, referring to Girvan

Gender: feminine (stem: Girvanell-)

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

• 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: "Gireanella"; "Giroanella"; "Girranelfa"; "Giruanella"; "Girvaneila"; "Girvanelia"; "Girwanella"; "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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Girvanella antiqua Maslov 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella antiquoformis Vologdin 1962	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878	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