Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Parent taxon: Cytherelloidea according to M. B. Forel 2022
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel and Holden 1971, Howe and Law 1936, Liebau 2005 and Marianos and Valentine 1958
Sister taxa: Cytherelloidea alabamensis, Cytherelloidea bastropensis, Cytherelloidea btaterensis, Cytherelloidea byramensis, Cytherelloidea castleberryensis, Cytherelloidea chawneri, Cytherelloidea danvillensis, Cytherelloidea hiwanneensis, Cytherelloidea leonensis, Cytherelloidea montgomeryensis, Cytherelloidea murdercreekensis, Cytherelloidea ouachitensis, Cytherelloidea rosefieldensis, Cytherelloidea smithvillensis, Cytherelloidea tombigbeensis, Cytherelloidea veatchiana, Cytherelloidea vicksburgensis, Gotlandellidae, Lichviniidae, Spinososioellidae
Subtaxa: Cavellininae Cytherella Cytherellinae Cytherelloidea Issacharella Leviella Platella Pyricythereis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections), Italy (1), Panama (1), South Pacific (11)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Egypt (1), Panama (1), South Pacific (3), 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), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (3), South Africa (3), South Pacific (21), Trinidad and Tobago (8), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (14)
• NN1 of South Pacific (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4), Belgium (1), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (7), Puerto Rico (3), South Pacific (11), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Washington)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (4)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (2), Benin (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (7), South Pacific (16), Southern Ocean (4), Togo (3), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (28: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (16), Benin (4), Indian Ocean (3), North Atlantic (1), Togo (7), Trinidad and Tobago (12), Tunisia (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (11), Argentina (7), Austria (1), Benin (3), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (7), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (23), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Portugal (17), Saudi Arabia (1), South Atlantic (1), Tunisia (8), Ukraine (1), United States (17: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (7), Germany (49), Madagascar (7), Poland (1), Portugal (21), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (25), Spain (32), Switzerland (2), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (20)
• Triassic of Austria (13), Canada (10: Yukon), China (1), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (2), Israel (4), Italy (3), Türkiye (1)
• Permian of China (5), Oman (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky)
• Devonian of Türkiye (1), United States (12: Alaska, Michigan, New York, Ohio)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Minnesota)
Total: 646 collections including 901 occurrences