Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Alternative combinations: Chiastozygus striatus, Rothia striata, Tegumentum striatum
Belongs to Eiffellithus according to P. R. Bown 1998
See also Bown and Concheyro 2004
Sister taxa: Eiffellithus equibiramus, Eiffellithus eximius, Eiffellithus gorkae, Eiffellithus hancockii, Eiffellithus monechiae, Eiffellithus parallelus, Eiffellithus parvus, Eiffellithus pospichalii, Eiffellithus praestigium, Eiffellithus primus, Eiffellithus turriseiffelii, Eiffellithus vonsalisiae, Eiffellithus windii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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