Bacillariophyceae - Asterolamprales - Asterolampraceae
Full reference: H. L. Smith. 1872. Conspectus of the families and genera of the Diatomaceae. The Lens 1:1-19
Parent taxon: Asterolamprales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Harwood 1988
Sister taxon: Brightwelliaceae
Subtaxa: Asterolampra Asteromphalus Bergonia Rylandsia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (3 collections), North Pacific (1)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (8), North Pacific (109), Southern Ocean (19)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (5)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (19), Southern Ocean (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (6), North Pacific (61), Southern Ocean (7), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of India (1)
Total: 244 collections including 295 occurrences