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Callisphenus

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Callisphenus was named by Høeg (1938). It is not extant. Its type is Callisphenus gracilis.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
C. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Callisphenus Høeg
1970Callisphenus Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusCallisphenusHøeg 1938

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. †Callisphenus Høeg 1938
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†Callisphenus gracilis Høeg 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ordovician to the top of the Silurian or 485.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician - Silurian485.4 - 419.2India (Himachal Pradesh) C. sp. (235055 235056)