Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus

Subtaxa: Tortolithus caistorensis Tortolithus furlongii Tortolithus hallii Tortolithus pagei Tortolithus polygonatus

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Type: Tortolithus caistorensis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tortolithus in the database

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