From:	PO2::"Reed.Scherer@natgeog.uu.se" "Reed Scherer"  6-JUL-1995 01:53:02.97
To:	Multiple recipients of list DIATOM-L <DIATOM-L@IUBVM.UCS.indiana.edu>
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Subj:	Re: Melosira/Paralia

Fumio Akiba sent me this response to my query regarding marine fossil
Melosira/Paralia.  I thought it would be worth circulating on the net for
others interested.
 
(I hope Dr. Akiba dosen't mind - I didn't ask his permission)
 
>Dear Reed Scherer,
>        I don't know the latter taxon, but as for the former, it has been
>changed formerly its generic position, not to Paralia but a new genus,  as
>follows, and I think it is not unreasonable.
>
>      *  Distephanosira architecturalis (Brun) Gles. in Gleser et al., 1992,
> p. 68, tab. 56, figs. 1-9.
>      ** genus Distephanosira Gleser  in Gleser et al., 1992,   p. 67.
>        The reference is; Gleser, S. I., Makarova, I. V., Moisseeva, A. I.
>and Nikolae, V. A., 1992. The diatoms of the USSR,Fossil and Recent, v. II,
>fasc, 2, Sankt-Peterburg branch of  "Nauka", 126 pp., 68 pls. (in Russian
>).
>        There are many other "new" genera for "Melosira" species in the
>volume, and therefore you are better to get and read it. As for M. selecta
>Schmidt 1892, I  would appreciate very much hearing any information on its
>range & distribution you might get fom others. One more, it was transfered
>to Paralia also by Gleser;  Paralia selecta (A. S.) Gleser  in Gleser et
>al., 1992,   p. 54, tab. 44, fig12.  According to her, it ranges from early
>Paleocene to early Eocene (?).
>
>
>                                                    Sincerely yours,
>Fumio
>Fumio Akiba
>JAPEX  Research Center
>1-2-1, Hamada, Mihama-ku, Chiba, 261 Japan
>Tel; 043-275-9311      FAX; 043-275-9316
>e-mail;dtakiba@rc.japex.co.jp
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