Calyculus Noël 1973 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Calyculaceae

Synonyms: Catillus Goy 1979, Proculithus Medd 1978, Vikosphaera Goy 1979

Parent taxon: Calyculaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

See also Perch-Nielsen 1985

Sister taxon: Carinolithus

Subtaxa: Calyculus cribrum Calyculus noeliae Calyculus serrai

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Type: Calyculus cribrum

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (5 collections), Morocco (3), Spain (26)

Total: 34 collections including 63 occurrences

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