Family Thalassiosiraceae Lebour 1930 (diatom)
Bacillariophyceae - Thalassiosirales - Thalassiosiraceae
Full reference: M. V. Lebour. 1930. The planktonic diatoms of northern seas. 116
Parent taxon: Thalassiosirales according to Z. I. Glezer and V. I. Makarova 1986
See also Round et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Lauderiaceae, Skeletonemaceae
Subtaxa: Bacterosira Mesodictyon Planktoniella Porosira Shionodiscus Sinerima Thalassiosira
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Arctic Ocean (1 collection), Denmark (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Japan (3)
• Miocene of Japan (1), Morocco (1), United States (4: Idaho, North Carolina)
Total: 12 collections including 32 occurrences