Family Coccolithacea Ellis and Lohman 1973 (haptophyte alga)
Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithacea
Parent taxon: Coccolithales according to C. H. Ellis and W. H. Lohman 1973
Sister taxa: Coccolithaceae, Hymenomonadaceae, Pleurochrysidaceae, Caliptrosphaerites, Cylindrosphaera, Pemma, Clathrolithus, Rhabdosphaerites, Peritrachelina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coccolithacea in the database