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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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