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Tetralithus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy
Tetralithus was named by Gardet (1955). It is extant.

It was assigned to Prymnesiophyceae by Gardet (1955); and to Prymnesiophycidae by Perch-Nielsen (1985).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Tetralithus Gardet
1985Tetralithus Perch-Nielsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
genusTetralithus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tetralithus Gardet 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available