Gregory, W. (1857), On new forms of marine Diatomaceae found in the Firth of Clyde and in Loch Fyne, illustrated by numerous figures drawn by R.K. Greville, LL.D., F.R.S.E. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 21: 499, pl. 10, fig. 45 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain

Wood, E.J.F., Crosby, L.H. & Cassie, V. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. III. Descriptions of further discoid species. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 87: - [secondary reference]

Foged (1978), Freshwater diatoms in eastern Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 41: - [secondary reference]

Round & Mann, D.G. (1980), Ann. Bot 46: 371-372, pl. 1–3 [basionym]

basionym of: Psammodiscus nitidus (W.Greg.) Round & D.G.Mann legitimate

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: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Psammodiscus nitidus (W.Greg.) Round & D.G.Mann legitimate

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