Family Catenulaceae Mereschkowsky 1902 (diatom)
Bacillariophyceae - Thalassiophysales - Catenulaceae
Full reference: C. Mereschkowsky. 1902. Sur Catenula, un nouveau genre de Diatomées. Scripta Botanica (Botanisheskia Zapiski) 19:93-116
Parent taxon: Thalassiophysales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Amphora Halamphora
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (6), United States (4: California, Michigan)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences