Grunow, A. (1863), Über einige neue und ungenugend bekkante Arten und Gattungen von Diatomaceen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlechen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13: 154, pl. 13, fig. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Red Sea

Cleve, P.T. (1894), Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 26(2): 194 [basionym]

basionym of: Mastoneis biformis (Grunow) Cleve legitimate

Mann, A. (1925), Marine diatoms of the Philippine Islands. Bulletin United States National Museum 100 (6, pt 1): 95, pl. 20, fig. 6, 7 [basionym]

basionym of: Navicula biformis (Grunow) A.Mann nom. illeg.

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Queensland

McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Navicula biformis (Grunow) A.Mann nom. illeg.

McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mastoneis biformis (Grunow) Cleve legitimate

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