Type Genus

Sphenolithus Deflandre in Grassé, 1952

Remarks

The morphological and optical properties of Sphenolithaceae align with those observed in the order Sphenolithales.

References

Deflandre, G. 1952. Classe des Coccolithophoridés. (Coccolithophoridae. Lohmann, 1902). In: Grassé, P. P. (Ed.), Traité de Zoologie. Masson, Paris. 439-470.