Full reference: R.W. Jordan and A. H. L. Chamberlain. 1992. Vexillarius cancellifer gen. et sp. nov., and its possible affinities with other living coccolithophorids. Nannoplankton Research, Proceedings of the 4th INA Conference, Prague 1991 14b:305-325
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to R.W. Jordan and A. H. L. Chamberlain 1992
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Tetralithus, Goniolithaceae, Syracosphaerales, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Podorhabdales, Eodiscoaster, Arkhangelskiales, Lapideacassaceae, Eiffellithales, Discoasteroides, Watznaueriales, Sphenolithus, Cyclicargolithus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gladiolithus in the database
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