Family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925
Coccogoneae - Pleurocapsales - Pleurocapsaceae
Parent taxon: Pleurocapsales according to H. J. Hofmann 1976
Sister taxon: Scissilisphaera
Subtaxa: Palaeopleurocapsa Phacelogeminus Pleurocapsa
Type: Pleurocapsa
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: