Lithomelissa Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Plagoniidae
Synonym: Acromelissa Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Plagoniidae according to G. K. Sharma and K. Takahashi 2007
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Suzuki 2009
Sister taxon: Mitracalpis
Subtaxa: Lithomelissa microptera Lithomelissa monoceras Lithomelissa tartari
Type: Lithomelissa microptera
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (30)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1), New Zealand (12)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 47 collections including 92 occurrences
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