Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Also described in Kesling & Chilman 1978
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Parent taxon: Beyrichiidae according to R. V. Kesling and R. B. Chilman 1978
See also Benson et al. 1961 and Tilman 1984
Sister taxa: Apatobolbina, Beyrichia, Bolbibollia, Bolbineossia, Bolbiprimitia, Cornikloedenia, Ctenobolbinella, Deloia, Dibolbina, Dolichoscapha, Drepanellina, Halliella, Hibbardia, Kloedenia, Knoxina, Kyamodes, Lophokloedenia, Mesomphalus, Mooreina, Myomphalus, Neoulrichia, Pseudobeyrichia, Saccarchites, Savagellites, Treposella, Treposellinae, Velibeyrichia, Welleria, Welleriopsis, Zygobeyrichia
Subtaxa: Phlyctiscapha apleta Phlyctiscapha rockportensis
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (13: Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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