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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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GIRVANELLA. Geol. A form of calcareous fossil alga freq. found in association with oolites (1878 H. A. Nicholson and R. Etheridge Silurian Fossils of Girvan District 23–4).
[From Girvan in Ayrshire.]
