Lithothamnion operculatum Conti 1945 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae

Belongs to Lithothamnion according to M.M. Hamad 2008

Sister taxa: Lithothamnion aggregatum, Lithothamnion andrusovi, Lithothamnion aucklandicum, Lithothamnion betieri, Lithothamnion bourcartii, Lithothamnion camarasae, Lithothamnion caravellense, Lithothamnion cardinellense, Lithothamnion concretum, Lithothamnion corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispallus, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion crispithallus, Lithothamnion exuberans, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion laminosum, Lithothamnion libanum, Lithothamnion luxurum, Lithothamnion magnum, Lithothamnion manni, Lithothamnion meganosium, Lithothamnion microphyllum, Lithothamnion minervae, Lithothamnion moreti, Lithothamnion muelleri, Lithothamnion nannosporum, Lithothamnion nummuliticum, Lithothamnion obstrusum, Lithothamnion orbiculatum, Lithothamnion peleense, Lithothamnion ponzonense, Lithothamnion praefruticulosum, Lithothamnion ramosissimum, Lithothamnion romosissimum, Lithothamnion roveretoi, Lithothamnion saxorum, Lithothamnion suganum, Lithothamnion tectifons, Lithothamnion undulatum, Lithothamnion valens, Lithothamnion validum, Lithothamnion wallisium, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium microphyllum

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Sadat section (Miocene of Egypt)

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