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Diloma

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae

Taxonomy
Diloma was named by Wind and Cepek (1979).

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

Species
D. galei, D. galiciense, D. primitiva
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. amedei, D. concamerata, D. convexodepressa, D. lorea, D. nigerrima, D. orientale, D. orientalis, D. patula, D. patulum, D. rudis, D. subrostrata
Entered
by J. Sessa on 2024-01-25; modified by M. Clapham on 2024-01-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Diloma Wind and Cepek
1997Diloma Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyEiffellithaceaeReinhardt 1965
genusDiloma

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. †Diloma Wind and Cepek 1979
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†Diloma galei Burnett 1998
†Diloma galiciense Bergen 1994
†Diloma primitiva Worsley 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available