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Alterbia recticornis

"*Alterbia recticornis" (Vozzhennikova, 1967, p.151-152, pl.77, figs.1-4; pl.78, figs.1-3; pl.79, figs.1-2) Lentin and Williams, 1976, p.47.

TYPE: Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.77, fig.2; Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.3, fig.10; text-fig.13B (see discussion under Alterbidinium recticorne). Lectotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.77, fig.1, designated by Stover and Evitt (1978, p.93); however, see discussion under Alterbidinium recticorne.

STATUS: Combination illegitimate: the generic name Alterbia is illegitimate.

HISTORY: Originally Albertia (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Alterbia (combination illegitimate), thirdly Alterbidinium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Deflandrea (now Alterbidinium) acutula, according to Whitney (1979, p.125) and Lentin and Williams (1993, p.14).

COMMENTS: The nomenclatural type of the genus Alterbia remains the holotype of Alterbia recticornis.

AGE: Turonian.


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