Polycope edithae Sohn and Kornicker 1998 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae

Full reference: I. G. Sohn and L. S. Kornicker. 1998. Ostracoda from the Late Permian of Greece (Thaumatocyprididae and Polycopidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 87:1-34

Belongs to Polycope according to I. G. Sohn and L. S. Kornicker 1998

Sister taxa: Polycope aghdarbandensis, Polycope baudi, Polycope bourquinae, Polycope cerasia, Polycope cincinnata, Polycope kilekensis, Polycope pelta, Polycope pumicosa, Polycope ventrocostata

Type specimen: USNM 489943, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Ecology: shallow infaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island

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