†Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877 (haptophyte alga)
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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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