• Nitzschia linearis var. vitrea (Norman) Hustedt, 1909 accepted as Nitzschia vitrea f. vitrea Norman, 1861
• Nitzschia vitrea G.Norman, 1861 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. fossilis M. Peragallo in Heribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. gallica Brun in Héribaud, 1893 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. major Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. majuscula De Toni, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. subcapitata Mayer, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea f. vitrea Norman, 1861 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. arcuata Dippel, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. finnmarchica Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. genuina Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. genuina Mayer, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. hustedtii Meister, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. kerguelensis Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. major Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. majuscula De Toni, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. minor Østrup in Héribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. ornata Meister, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. recta (Hantzsch; Grunow) van Heurck, 1885 accepted as Nitzschia recta f. recta Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst, 1862
• Nitzschia vitrea var. salinarum Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. scaphiformis Wislouch & Poretsky, 1924 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. scintillans M. Peragallo in Héribaud et al., 1920 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. subvitrea (Hustedt) E.J.F.Wood, 1961 accepted as Nitzschia subvitrea var. subvitrea Hustedt, 1922
• Nitzschia vitrea var. tenuistriata Manguin, 1962 (uncertain > unassessed)
• Nitzschia vitrea var. vitrea