Belongs to Sphenolithus according to K. Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Sphenolithus abies, Sphenolithus compactus, Sphenolithus moriformis, Sphenolithus radians
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (2 collections), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (7), South Pacific (30)
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (16)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), Croatia (1), Indian Ocean (134), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Micronesia (7), North Atlantic (7), North Pacific (191), Slovenia (1), South Pacific (40)
• Oligocene to Miocene of South Pacific (2)
• Oligocene of South Pacific (1)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (1)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (7)
Total: 456 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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