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Mitrolithus

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Parhabdolithaceae

Taxonomy
Mitrolithus was named by Deflandre (1954). It is not extant. Its type is Mitrolithus elegans.

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

Species
M. elegans (type species), M. jansae, M. lenticularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mitrolithus Deflandre
1997Mitrolithus Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderStephanolithiales
familyParhabdolithaceaeBown 1987
genusMitrolithusDeflandre 1954

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. †Mitrolithus Deflandre 1954
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†Mitrolithus elegans Deflandre 1954
†Mitrolithus jansae Wiegand 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available