Greg., W. (1857), Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 21: 505, pl. 12, fig. 59b [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Great Britain

Cleve, P.T. (1894), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl, ser. 2 26: 25 [basionym]

basionym of: Tropidoneis lepidoptera (W.Greg.) Cleve legitimate

Kuntze, O. (1898), Revisio generum plantarum. Pars III (3): 421 [basionym]

basionym of: Plagiotropis lepidoptera (W.Greg.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Tropidoneis lepidoptera (W.Greg.) Cleve legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Plagiotropis lepidoptera (W.Greg.) Kuntze legitimate

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