Cleve, P.T. (1895), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl., ser. 2: 150, pl. 2, fig. 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: France (Corsica), Seychelles

John, J. (1990), Mastogloia species associated with active stromatolites in Shark Bay, west coast of Australia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Science 17: - [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: In hypersaline pools
• APC Comment: P.McCarthy (2012) uses this taxon concept.
• Distribution: W.A. (Shark Bay)
• Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea (France, Greece), Adriatic Sea, Romania, Black Sea, Seychelles

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