Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Alternative spellings: Cyterella, Cythere (Cytherella)
Parent taxon: Cytherellidae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015
See also Alexander 1934, Babinot and Colin 2011, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Ceolin et al. 2024, Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995, Harloff and Jäger 1994, Hazel and Holden 1971, Jones 1850, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cavellininae, Cytherellinae, Cytherelloidea, Issacharella, Leviella, Platella, Pyricythereis
Subtaxa: Cytherella (Staringia) Cytherella araucana Cytherella australoamericana Cytherella besrineensis Cytherella bullata Cytherella concentrica Cytherella excavata Cytherella gambiensis Cytherella hannai Cytherella hiwanneensis Cytherella marlboroensis Cytherella nuciformis Cytherella ovata Cytherella persensis Cytherella protuberantis Cytherella saraballentae Cytherella sarakundaensis Cytherella semicatillus Cytherella submarginata Cytherella sylverinica Cytherella terminopunctata Cytherella toarcensis Cytherella tumidosa Cytherella turgidula Cytherella utilis Cytherella vulgata Cytherella williamsonia
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Egypt (1), Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), North Atlantic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (9), Greece (19), India (1), Italy (11), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (3), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (8), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (14)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4), Belgium (1), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (7), Puerto Rico (2), United States (2: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Bangladesh (2), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (5), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (19: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (15), Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), Tunisia (1), United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (6), Argentina (6), Austria (1), Brazil (1), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (3), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (18), Poland (2), Portugal (17), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (7), Ukraine (1), United States (16: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (4), Germany (18), Madagascar (6), Poland (1), Portugal (16), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (25), Spain (28), Switzerland (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic of Austria (12), Canada (6: Yukon), China (1), Iran (2), Turkey (1)
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kentucky)
• Devonian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Minnesota)
Total: 420 collections including 529 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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