Ostracoda - Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Parent taxon: Cytheroidea according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Blaszyk 1987, Liebau 2005 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Berounellidae, Bythocytheridae, Pseudocytheridae
Subtaxa: Microxestoleberis Platyleberis Uroleberis Xestoleberis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), France (2), India (1), South Pacific (8), United States (1: Maryland)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), North Atlantic (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Croatia (1), Greece (23), Italy (6), Morocco (2), Poland (18), Puerto Rico (4), South Africa (3), South Pacific (17), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Antigua and Barbuda (4), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (3), South Pacific (11), United States (1: Alabama)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (4)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (5), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), South Pacific (10), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (3), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Atlantic (1)
Total: 170 collections including 240 occurrences