Bacillariophyceae - Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae
De Toni attributes name to "P. Petit (1889) in Pell. Diat. I, pg 202"
Full reference: G. B. De Toni. 1890. Osservazioni sulla tassonomia delle Bacillariee (Diatomee) seguite da un prospetto dei generi delle medesime. La Notarisia 5:885-922
Parent taxon: Rhizosoleniales according to P. C. Silva 1962
See also Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993
Sister taxon: Pyxillaceae
Subtaxa: Dactyliosolen Proboscia Pseudosolenia Rhizosolenia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Sweden (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (12)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (15), Canada (14: Northwest Territories)
Total: 45 collections including 57 occurrences