Wallodinium

WALLODINIUM Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III, 1968, p.212.  Emendation: Riding, 1994, p.17–18.  Substitute name for Diplotesta Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p.256 (an illegitimate name).  Duxbury (1983, p.68) and Fensome et al. (1990, p.535) considered this genus to represent acritarchs; however, Riding (1994, p.17–18) confirmed its dinoflagellate affinity.  Type: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, pl.39, fig.4, as Diplotesta glaessneri.

Parent: Order Gonyaulacales Suborder uncertain Family uncertain

Species List:

Wallodinium anglicum
Wallodinium bidigitatum
Wallodinium cylindricum
"Wallodinium elongatum"
*Wallodinium glaessneri
Wallodinium inflatum
Wallodinium krutzschii
Wallodinium laganum
Wallodinium luna