Cavinula

{{Short description|Genus of diatoms}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Tsarenko et al 2021 Fig 4-11 Cavinula pseudoscutiformis.png

|image_caption =Cavinula pseudoscutiformis

|taxon = Cavinula

|authority = D.G.Mann & A.J.Stickle, 1990

}}

Cavinula is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Cavinulaceae.{{cite web |title=Cavinula D.G.Mann & A.J.Stickle, 1990 :: Algaebase |url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43688 |website=www.algaebase.org |access-date=14 April 2021}}

Species:

• Cavinula altana {{small|Metzeltin, Kulikovskiy & Lange-Bertalot}}
• Cavinula breenii {{small|(R.E.M.Archibald) De Ridder & J.C.Taylor}}
• Cavinula buben {{small|M.Kulikovskiy et al.}}