original description(ofFrustulia ovalis Kützing, 1833)Kützing, F.T. (1833). Synopsis Diatomacearum oder Versuch einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der Diatomeen. Linnaea, 8(5): 529-620, pls. XIII-XIX. page(s): p. 539; pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
new combination referenceMereschkowsky, C. (1906). Diatomées du Tibet. Imperial Russkoe geograficheskoe obshchestvo. St. Petersburg, 40 pp. page(s): p. 25 [details]