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Octolithus

Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Taxonomy
Octolithus was named by Romein (1979). Its type is Tetralithus multiplus.

It was assigned to Calyptrosphaeraceae by Bown and Young (1997).

Species
Entered
by P. Bown on 2006-10-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Octolithus Romein
1997Octolithus Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
familyCalyptrosphaeraceae
genusOctolithusRomein 1979

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. †Octolithus Romein 1979
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Octolithus multiplus Perch-Nielsen 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available