Family Surirellaceae Kützing 1844 (diatom)
Bacillariophyceae - Surirellales - Surirellaceae
Full reference: F.T. Kützing. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen 152pp,3pls
Parent taxon: Surirellales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Cocquyt and Taylor 2015
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Campylodiscus Cymatopleura Cymatotheca Surirella
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (1), North Pacific (13), United States (1: California)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 21 collections including 27 occurrences