• Odontella favus: (Ehrenberg) Cleve (1901)
• Biddulphia favus : (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck (1885)

Solitary cells, free or bound to a substrate. In valve view, the frustule is triangular, while in girdle view it is elongated, with the two extremities slightly raised and a slight central convexity. The valve, slightly convex in the centre, is decorated all over the surface with hexagonal cells.

Marine species.

Distribution: in Europe: France (Méléder et al. 2007 ), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012); Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Anon 2011); South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010); Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

The algae of Romania., Studii si Cercetari, Universitatea Bacau, Biologie 7, Caraus I., 2002, 1-694

Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicioflagellates, and kin., In: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume Three. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. (Gordon, D.P. Eds), Christchurch: Canterbury University Press., Harper M.A., Cassie Cooper V., Chang F.H., Nelson W.A. e Broady P.A., 2012, 114-163

Listado preliminar de especies marinas de Canarias., Tenerife: Observatorio Ambiental Granadilla, Anon, 2011, 1-174

Algae of Romania. A distributional checklist of actual algae. Version 2.3 third revision., Bacau: Univ. Bacau., Caraus I., 2012,

Spatiotemporal changes in microphytobenthos assemblages in a macrotidal flat (Bourgneuf Bay, France)., Journal of Phycology 43:, Méléder V., Rincé Y., Barillé L., Gaudin P., Rosa P., 2007, 1177-1190

Bacillariophyceae. In: Catálogo de plantas e fungos do Brasil., Rio de Janeiro: Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio; Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Vol. 1. (Forzza, R.C. Eds), Eskinazi-Leça E., Gonçalves da Silva Cunha M. da G., Santiago M.F., Palmeira Borges G.C., Cabral de Lima J.M., Da Silva M.H., De Paula Lima J., Menezes, M., 2010, 262-309