Coccolithites Kamptner 1955 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to A. Farinacci 1969

Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coccolithites in the database

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