coccolith

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and coccolith

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while coccolith is (biology) a microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized.

Coccolith is a related term of coccolite.

As nouns the difference between coccolith and coccolite

is that coccolith is (biology) a microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized while coccolite is (mineral|obsolete) the mineral diopside.

In biology terms the difference between coccolith and discolith

is that coccolith is a microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized while discolith is a kind of coccolith with an oval discoidal body, a thick strongly refracting rim and a thinner central portion.