Østrup, E.V. (1903), Freshwater diatoms. In Flora of Koh Chang. Part VII. Contributions to the knowledge of the Gulf of Siam. Preliminary Report on Botany., Results Danish Expedition to Siam (1899-1900). Botanisk Tidsskrift 25(1): 34, fig. 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Gulf of Thailand

John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: 1–358 [secondary reference]

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

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Benthic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 84 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Achnanthes saxonica Krasske ex Hust. legitimate

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania

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

• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Tas. (SE coast), W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: British Isles, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Thailand

Wetzel, C.E., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Ector, L. (December 2017), Type analysis of Achnanthes oblongella Østrup and resurrection of Achnanthes saxonica Krasske (Bacillariophyta). Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 146: 213 [basionym]

basionym of: Platessa oblongella (Østrup) C.E.Wetzel, Lange-Bert. & Ector legitimate

Algal Subcommittee (2021), CHAH Algal Subcommittee: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Platessa oblongella (Østrup) C.E.Wetzel, Lange-Bert. & Ector legitimate

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