Belongs to Helicosphaera according to Wallich 1877
Sister taxa: Helicosphaera burkei, Helicosphaera carteri, Helicosphaera compacta, Helicosphaera ethologa, Helicosphaera euphratis, Helicosphaera intermedia, Helicosphaera lophota, Helicosphaera neolophota, Helicosphaera obliqua, Helicosphaera orientalis, Helicosphaera pacifica, Helicosphaera papillata, Helicosphaera parallela, Helicosphaera perchnielseniae, Helicosphaera reticulata, Helicosphaera rhomba, Helicosphaera sellii, Helicosphaera seminulum, Helicosphaera stalis, Helicosphaera truncata, Helicosphaera walbersdorfensis, Helicopontosphaera heezenii, Helicopontosphaera minima, Helicopontosphaera ampliaptera, Helicopontosphaera granulata, Helicopontosphaera wilcoxonii, Helicopontosphaera bramlettei, Helicopontosphaera hyalina, Helicopontosphaera dinesenii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Z32 (Miocene of Croatia)
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