Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Alternative combination: Sansabelloides edmistoni
Belongs to Cavellina according to B. Kellett 1935
Sister taxa: Cavellina alpina, Cavellina arcuata, Cavellina bellerophonella, Cavellina benniei, Cavellina boomeri, Cavellina chasensis, Cavellina daubeana, Cavellina ellipticalis, Cavellina fittsi, Cavellina fosteri, Cavellina gerryi, Cavellina glandella, Cavellina hairapetiani, Cavellina hashimotoi, Cavellina huqfensis, Cavellina incurvescens, Cavellina lata, Cavellina lirata, Cavellina longa, Cavellina maanshanensis, Cavellina marmorea, Cavellina mocki, Cavellina mui, Cavellina nebrascensis, Cavellina nesenensis, Cavellina nipponica, Cavellina ovoidiformis, Cavellina postunica, Cavellina postvisnyoensis, Cavellina pulchella, Cavellina rotunda, Cavellina savagei, Cavellina sphenoformis, Cavellina subovata, Cavellina subunica, Cavellina symmetrica, Cavellina triassica, Cavellina unioniformis, Cavellina visnyoensis, Cavellina xiaobaensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (11: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Kansas)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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