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Acuturris scotus

Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Taxonomy
Eurhabdus scotus was named by Rissati (1973) [JS]. It is the type species of Acuturris.

It was recombined as Acuturris scotus by Wind and Wise (1977), Bown (1998).

Entered
by P. Bown on 2006-10-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Eurhabdus scotus Rissati
1977Acuturris scotus Wind and Wise
1998Acuturris scotus Bown

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
familyCalyptrosphaeraceae
genusAcuturrisWind and Wise 1977
speciesscotus(Rissati 1973)

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.

Acuturris scotus Rissati 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available