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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Girvanella magna

Name: Girvanella magna Johnson 1946

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gir-wa-NEL-la MA-n͡gna, feminine

Holotype: Slide 740, specimen JA2715, Johnson Collection, Colorado School of Mines

Valid publication: Johnson JH. Lime-secreting algae from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Kansas. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1946; 57:1087-1120.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

Assigned by: Johnson JH. Lime-secreting algae from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Kansas. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1946; 57:1087-1120.

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Record number: 56872

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