Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Synonym: Rectotrachyleberis
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to E. M. Brouwers 1992
See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocythereis, Aleisocythereis, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Castillocythereis, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia
Subtaxa: Costa (Paracosta) Costa hasenbankae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), Cuba (1), Italy (7), Trinidad and Tobago (7)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (4), Nigeria (7)
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1)
Total: 42 collections including 46 occurrences
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