Spironema

Spironema may refer to:

Animals:

• Spironema (gastropod), Spironema Meek, 1864 – a genus of Cretaceous sea snails

Plants:

• Spironema Raf. [1838] – sometimes considered a synonym of Cassytha L. (Lauraceae)
• Spironema Lindl. [1840] nom. illeg. hom. – a synonym of Callisia Loefl. (Commelinaceae)
• Spironema Hochst. [1842] nom. illeg. hom. – a synonym of Clerodendrum L. (Lamiaceae)

Protists:

• Spironema (flagellate), Spironema Klebs, 1893 – a genus of flagellate protists in the family Spironemidae, possibly a synonym of Spironematella P. C. Silva

Spirochaetes:

• Spironema Vuillemin, 1905 – a synonym of Treponema Schaudinn, 1905

Microsporidia:

• Spironema Léger & Hesse, 1924 – a synonym of Toxoglugea Léger & Hesse, 1924

References

• Paul C. Silva (1970). "Remarks on algal nomenclature. IV" (PDF). Taxon 19 (6): 941–945. doi:10.2307/1218317. JSTOR 1218317. http://www.algaebase.org/pdf/8CCBC95A055fa163EEkNLrB520F1/1218317.pdf. 
• United States Department of Agriculture. "Genus: Spironema Hochst.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?19295. Retrieved August 8, 2011. 
• "*Spironema Lindl.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003783. Retrieved August 8, 2011.