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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Collenia magna

Name: Collenia magna Fenton and Fenton 1939

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’gna. L. fem. adj. magna, big

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kol-LE-ni-a MA-n͡gna, feminine

Holotype: Figure 1 in Plate 5

Valid publication: Fenton CL, Fenton MA. Precambrian and Paleozoic algae. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1939; 50:89-126.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Collenia Walcott 1914

Assigned by: Fenton CL, Fenton MA. Precambrian and Paleozoic algae. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1939; 50:89-126.

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Record number: 49188

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