†Gorkaea operio Varol and Girgis 1984 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Belongs to Gorkaea according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Gorkaea obliqueclausus, Gorkaea pseudanthophorus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gorkaea operio in the database
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