Surirella
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| Surirella | |
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| Surirella spiralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Surirellales |
| Family: | Surirellaceae |
| Genus: | Surirella Turpin, 1828,[1] |
| Species | |
Surirella is a genus of diatoms in the family Surirellaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Pierre Jean François Turpin in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. vol.16 on page 361 in 1828.[1]
The genus name of Surirella is in honour of Jacques Simon Armand Suriray (1769–1846), who was a French doctor, naturalist and botanist (Algology), Zoologist, who worked in Le Havre.[4]
