Name: Mitcheldeania Wethered 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mit.chel.dea’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Mitcheldeania, after the locality (Mitcheldean) where it was found

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Mitcheldeani-), mit-k^hel-DEA-ni-a

Type species: Mitcheldeania nicholsonii corrig. Wethered 1886

Valid publication: Wethered E. I. - On the Structure and Organisms of the Lower Limestone Shales, Carboniferous Limestone and Upper Limestones of the Forest of Dean. Geological Magazine 1886; 3:529-540.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878. Publication: Wood A. The lower carboniferous calcareous algae Mitcheldeania Wethered and Garwoodia, gen. nov. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 1941; 53:216-226.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Miteheldeania".
  • ❗ Mitcheldeania is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mitcheldeania americana (Johnson 1961) Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	orphaned species
    Mitcheldeania gregaria Nicholson 1888	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Mitcheldeania nicholsoni Wethered 1886	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Mitcheldeania nicholsonii corrig. Wethered 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

Assigned by: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460.

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Record number: 43133