†Lithraphidites Deflandre 1963 (haptophyte alga)
Prymnesiophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 87751
Parent taxon: Microrhabdulaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Microrhabdulinus, Microrhabduloidus, Microrhabdulus, Pseudolithraphidites, Pseudomicula
Subtaxa: Lithraphidites acutus, Lithraphidites alatus, Lithraphidites bollii, Lithraphidites carniolensis, Lithraphidites grossopectinatus, Lithraphidites kennethii, Lithraphidites morayfirthensis, Lithraphidites praequadratus, Lithraphidites pseudoquadratus, Lithraphidites quadratus
Type: Lithraphidites carniolensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"