Clypeina Michelin 1845 (green algae)

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae

Parent taxon: Acetabulariaceae according to Bassoulet et al. 1978

See also Andrews 1970, Bassler 1953, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Senowbari-Daryan 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acetabularia, Halicoryne, Rostoporella, Radoiciciella, Teutloporella, Likanella

Subtaxa: Clypeina marginoporella Clypeina sahnii Clypeina tubaeformis

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Type: Clypeina marginoporella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (4 collections), Iraq (7)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Iraq (8)

• Paleocene of Austria (2), China (6), Egypt (3), Greece (4), India (1), Iraq (2), Italy (2), Oman (3), Slovenia (1)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (4), India (1), Italy (1), Türkiye (33)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (2), Türkiye (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Croatia (1), Czechia (1), Indonesia (1), Portugal (3), Qatar (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Türkiye (14)

• Triassic of Austria (3), Hungary (1), Iran (2), Japan (2), Serbia (1), Slovenia (1)

Total: 123 collections including 135 occurrences

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