Cyclolithella Loeblich and Tappan 1963 (haptophyte alga)

Cyclolithella

Full reference: A.R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1963. Type fixation and validation of certain calcareous nannoplankton genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:191-198

Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to A.R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1963

Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyclolithella in the database

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