Family Cocconeidaceae Kützing 1844 (diatom)
Bacillariophyceae - Achnanthales - Cocconeidaceae
Full reference: F.T. Kützing. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen 152pp,3pls
Parent taxon: Achnanthales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Kützing 1844
Sister taxon: Achnanthaceae
Subtaxa: Campyloneis Cocconeis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), United States (6: California)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Japan (2), United States (1: California)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 14 collections including 22 occurrences