Pimascovirales

Pimascovirales is an order of viruses.^[1] The term is a portmanteau of a portmanteau of pitho-, irido-, marseille-, and ascoviruses.^[2]

Pimascovirales
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Phylum:	Nucleocytoviricota
Class:	Megaviricetes
Order:	Pimascovirales

Families

Pimascovirales contains six families, three of which are assigned to a suborder. This taxonomy is shown hereafter:^[1]

• Suborder: Ocovirineae
  • Hydriviridae
  • Orpheoviridae
  • Pithoviridae
• Families not assigned to a suborder:
  • Ascoviridae
  • Iridoviridae
  • Marseilleviridae