Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae
Alternative combination: Spongites dentata
Belongs to Lithophyllum according to J. C. Braga and J. Aguirre 1995
See also Jauhri et al. 2006 and Kroeger 2007
Sister taxa: Lithophyllum albanense, Lithophyllum anguineum, Lithophyllum bassanense, Lithophyllum besalotos, Lithophyllum bonyense, Lithophyllum capederi, Lithophyllum corculumis, Lithophyllum ghorabi, Lithophyllum heteromorphum, Lithophyllum incrustans, Lithophyllum indicum, Lithophyllum intumescens, Lithophyllum kamptneri, Lithophyllum lateporatum, Lithophyllum ligusticum, Lithophyllum lithothamnioides, Lithophyllum maemongense, Lithophyllum microsporum, Lithophyllum minimum, Lithophyllum nitorum, Lithophyllum perrandoi, Lithophyllum personatum, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithophyllum profundum, Lithophyllum pseudoamphiroa, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Lithophyllum quadratum, Lithophyllum royoi, Lithophyllum sierraeblancae, Lithophyllum simplex, Lithophyllum vicetinum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (3 collections), Spain (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Spain (2)
• Miocene of Cyprus (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of India (8)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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