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Pterotheca A. Grunow ex Forti, 1909 †
602618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:602618)
accepted
Genus
- Species Pterotheca aculeata Hajós, 1974 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca aculeifera accepted as Ktenodiscus aculeiferus (Grunow) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca alata N.I. Strelnikova, 1971 † accepted as Ktenodiscus alatus (Streln.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca capreolus (Forti) Hajós, 1974 accepted as Pseudopyxilla capreolus var. capreolus Forti, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca carinifera (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca clavata Strelnikova, 1974 † accepted as Ktenodiscus clavatus (Streln.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca cornuta Schibkova in Krotov & Shibkova, 1959 accepted as Ktenodiscus cornutus (Schibkova) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca costata Schibkova in Krotov & Shibkova, 1959 accepted as Ktenodiscus costatus (Schibkova) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca cretacea Hajós & Stradner in Hajós, 1974 accepted as Ktenodiscus cretaceus (Hajós & Stradner) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca crucifera Hanna, 1927 accepted as Ktenodiscus cruciferus (Hanna) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca danica (Grunow) Forti, 1909 accepted as Stephanogonia danica Grunow, 1866 † accepted as Furtheca danica (Grunow) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca dubia (Grunow in Van Heurck) Tempère & Peragallo, 1889-1895 accepted as Pyxilla dubia Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca evermanni Hanna, 1927 accepted as Ktenodiscus evermannii (Hanna) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca gracillima Fenner, 1978 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca hungarica (Pantocsek) Forti, 1909 accepted as Ktenodiscus hungaricus Pantocsek, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca infundibulum Krotov in Krotov & Schibkova, 1959 accepted as Ktenodiscus infundibulum (A.I.Krotov) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca kittoniana (Grunow in Van Heurck) Forti, 1909 accepted as Pyxilla kittoniana var. kittoniana Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca major Jousé, 1955 accepted as Ktenodiscus major (Jousé) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca minor Harwood, 1988 accepted as Ktenodiscus minor (D.M.Harwood) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca parvula (Hanna) Hajós & Stradner in Hajós, 1974 accepted as Micrampulla parvula Hanna, 1927 † accepted as Ktenodiscus parvulus (Hanna) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca pokrovskajae Jousé, 1951 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca reticulata Sheshukova-Poretskaya, 1961 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca reticulata Sheshukova-Poretskaya, 1967 accepted as Ktenodiscus reticulatus (Shesh.-Por.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca russica (Pantocsek) Forti, 1909 accepted as Ktenodiscus russicus Pantocsek, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca sacculifera Fenner, 1994 accepted as Ktenodiscus saculiferus (J.Fenner) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca simbirskiana (Pantocsek) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca simplex Fenner, 1994 accepted as Ktenodiscus simpliformis (J.Fenner) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca simplex N.I. Strelnikova, 1971 † accepted as Ktenodiscus simplex (Streln.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca spada Tempère & Brun in Brun & Tempère, 1889 accepted as Ktenodiscus spada (Temp. & Brun) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca spinosa Jouse in Proschkina-Lavrenko, 1949 † accepted as Ktenodiscus spinosus (Jousé) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca subulata Grunow in Van Heurck, 1883 accepted as Ktenodiscus subulatus (Grunow) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca tetracladia (Ehrenberg) Thum, 1889 accepted as Periptera tetracladia Ehrenberg, 1854 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca trojana Harwood, 1988 accepted as Ktenodiscus trojanus (Harwood) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca tuffata Fenner, 1994 accepted as Ktenodiscus tuffatus (J.Fenner) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Pterotheca uralica Jousé, 1949 † accepted as Ktenodiscus uralicus (Jousé) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, terrestrial
fossil only
Forti, A. (1909). Studi per una Monagrafia del genere Pyxilla (Diatomee) e dei generi affini. Nuova Notarisia, 20: 19-34, 2 pls [details]
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Pterotheca A. Grunow ex Forti, 1909 †. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=602618 on 2026-07-05
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Forti, A. (1909). Studi per una Monagrafia del genere Pyxilla (Diatomee) e dei generi affini. Nuova Notarisia, 20: 19-34, 2 pls [details]
basis of record Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
basis of record Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
