Rhabdolithes O.Schmidt, 1870

Holotype species: Rhabdolithes claviger (G.Murray & V.H.Blackman) Voeltzkow

Publication details: O.Schmidt, 1870: 680

Currently accepted name for the type species: Rhabdosphaera clavigera G.Murray & V.H.Blackman

Type designated in: Loeblich, A.R. & Tappan, H. (1963). Type fixation and validation of certain calcareous nannoplankton genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76: 191-196.

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Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-11-17 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhabdosphaera.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum. pp. Website. Berkeley: University of California.

Taxonomic note
No species cited, but some specimens figured on pl. 2: figs. 20-35. First species to be referred to this genus: R. claviger (G. Murray & Blackman) Voeltzkow R. tubifer (G.Murray & Blackman) Voeltzkow (1902: 493), of which R. claviger was selected as lectotype by Loeblich & Tappan (1963: 193). - (16 April 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025