†family Swainellidae Kornicker and Sohn 2000 (ostracod)
Ostracoda - Cypridinida - Swainellidae
Full reference: L. S. Kornicker and I. G. Sohn. 2000. Myodocopid Ostracoda from the Late Permian of Greece and a basic classification for Paleozoic and Mesozoic Myodocopida. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 91:1-33
Parent taxon: Cyprelloidea according to A. Liebau 2005
See also Kornicker and Sohn 2000
Sister taxa: Cyprellidae, Nodophilomedidae
Subtaxa: Swainella
Type: Swainella
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution: found only at USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island (Permian of Greece)