Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877 (haptophyte alga)

Helicosphaera carteri

Alternative combination: Coccosphaera carterii

Belongs to Helicosphaera according to Kamptner 1954

Sister taxa: Helicosphaera ethologa, Helicosphaera lophota, Helicosphaera neolophota, Helicosphaera orientalis, Helicosphaera stalis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Miocene of Azerbaijan (2), Cyprus (1), France (1), Greece (2), India (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Taiwan (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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