Belongs to Helicosphaera according to Black 1971
Sister taxa: Helicosphaera carteri, Helicosphaera cateri, 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 wilcoxonii, Helicopontosphaera dinesenii, Helicopontosphaera hyalina, Helicopontosphaera granulata, Helicopontosphaera ampliaptera, Helicopontosphaera minima, Helicopontosphaera bramlettei, Helicopontosphaera heezenii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at 367-U1499A-64X-CC 0/5 NANNO (Miocene of North Pacific)
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