Synonym: Geminilithella Backman 1980
Full reference: H. Lohmann. 1902. Die Coccolithophoridae, eine Monographie der Coccolithen bildenden Flagellaten, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Mittelmeerauftriebs. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1:89-165
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to M. Hyzny et al. 2012
See also Backman 1980 and Lohmann 1902
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Duplexipodorhabdus, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: Umbilicosphaera jafari
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Greece (1 collection), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (2)
• Paleocene of Tanzania (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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