Belongs to Helicosphaera according to Müller 1974
Sister taxa: Helicosphaera burkei, 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, Helicopontosphaera wilcoxonii, Helicopontosphaera heezenii, Helicopontosphaera ampliaptera, Helicopontosphaera dinesenii, Helicopontosphaera hyalina, Helicopontosphaera granulata, Helicopontosphaera bramlettei, Helicopontosphaera minima
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Miocene of Cyprus (1), Indian Ocean (9), North Pacific (7), Slovakia (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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