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Melosira sp.

genus Melosira C. A. Agardh, 1824

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (70.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Chromista, phylum Ochrophyta, class Bacillariophyceae, order Melosirales, family Melosiraceae

• Distribution
• Miocene-Pliocene: Nagano, Tottori
• Pliocene: Gifu
• Pleistocene: Shiga

• Subtaxa
• M. islandica f. helvetica
• M. solida