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Coccolithus
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- Citation:Genus Coccolithus Schwarz 1894
Description: Elliptical or circular placolith coccolith showingthe typical coccolthaceae rim structure (V-unit forms distal shield and lower cycle of central-area; R-unit forms proximal shield and upper cycle of central-area), central pen or spanned by disjunct bar on proximal surface.
Remarks: Circular species do not occur in Neogene.
Type species: Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich, 1877) Schiller, 1930
