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Genus Snowella
Etymology: Sno.wel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Snowella, named in honor of J.W. Snow
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Snowell-), sno-WEL-la
Type species: Snowella rosea (Snow 1903) Elenkin 1938
Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Monographia algarum cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum. (Sinezelenye vodorosli SSSR). Pars spec. (1-2). Izd-vo AN SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad, 1938.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Coelosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Coelosphaerium Nägeli 1849. Publication: Snow JW. The plankton algae of Lake Erie, with Special Reference to the Chlorophyceae. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 1903; 22:369-394.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gomphosphaeria Kützing 1836. Publication: Lemmermann E. Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Peridineen). In: Anonymous NN (eds), Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg und angrenzender Gebiete herausgegeben von dem Botanischen Verein der Provinz Brandenburg. Dritter Band, Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1907, p. 1-304.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Smowella"; "Snewella"; "Snnwella"; "Snowetla"; "Suowella".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Gomphosphaeriaceae Elenkin 1933.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Snowella arachnoidea Komárek and Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella atomus Komárek and Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella fennica Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 1992 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella lacustris (Chodat 1898) Komárek and Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella litoralis (Häyrén 1921) Komárek and Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella rosea (Snow 1903) Elenkin 1938 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Snowella septentrionalis Komárek and Hindák 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 
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Record number: 6207
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