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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Collenia occidentale

Name: Collenia occidentale Walcott 1914

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: oc.ci.den.ta’le. L. neut. adj. occidentale, sic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kol-LE-ni-a ok-ki-den-TA-le, feminine

Valid publication: Walcott CD. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. Pre-Cambrian Algonkian Algal Flora. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1914; 64:77-156.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Collenia occidentalis corrig. Walcott 1914

Parent taxon: Collenia Walcott 1914

Assigned by: Walcott CD. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. Pre-Cambrian Algonkian Algal Flora. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1914; 64:77-156.

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Record number: 2576

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