Tegulalithus Crux 1986 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

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

Sister taxa: Assipetra, Eprolithus, Farhania, Hayesites, Hexalithus, Lithastrinus, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Radiolithus, Rucinolithus, Uniplanarius

Subtaxa: Tegulalithus septentrionalis Tegulalithus tessellatus

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Type: Lithastrinus septentrionalis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tegulalithus in the database

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