Name: Rivularialithus Maslov 1955

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ri.vu.la.ri.a’li.thus. N.L. fem. n. Rivularia, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. masc. n. Rivularialithus, a Rivularia from stone [probably better: Rivulariilithus]

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rivularialith-), ri-wu-la-ri-A-li-t^hus

Type species: Rivularialithus herbidus Maslov 1955

Valid publication: Maslov VP. O novykh formakh tretichnykh vodoroslej [On the new forms of Tertiary algae]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1955; 103:145-148.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Dragastan (1985) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.
  • 🧕 Maslov (1955) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Maslov VP. O novykh formakh tretichnykh vodoroslej [On the new forms of Tertiary algae]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1955; 103:145-148.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rivularialithes"; "Riyularialithus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rivularialithus herbidus Maslov 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Garwoodiaceae]

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Record number: 42314