Helicolithus leckiei Bown 2005 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae

Full reference: P. R. Bown. 2005. Early to Mid-Cretaceous Calcareous Nannoplankton from the Northwest Pacific Ocean, Leg 198, Shatsky Rise. in T. J. Bralower, I. Premoli Silva and M. J. Malone, eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, 198 [Online] 198

Belongs to Helicolithus according to P. R. Bown 2005

Sister taxa: Helicolithus anceps, Helicolithus compactus, Helicolithus trabeculatus, Helicolithus turonicus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Helicolithus leckiei in the database

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