Dactylethra Gartner 1969 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Full reference: S. Gartner. 1969. Correlation of Neogene planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil zones. . Transactions of the Gulf-Coast Association of Geological Societies 19:585-599

Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to S. Gartner 1969

Sister taxa: Acuturris, Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Octolithus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dactylethra in the database

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