Buekkella digitata Sohn 1954 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Alternative combination: Polytylites digitatus

Full reference: I. G. Sohn. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-A:1-24

Belongs to Buekkella according to H. Kozur 1985

See also Sohn 1954

Sister taxa: Judahella (Costahella), Judahella (Judahella), Judahella andrusovi, Judahella bogschi, Judahella dizluense, Judahella nodosa, Judahella permica, Judahella tsorfatia, Triassinella (Judahella) binodosa, Triassinella (Judahella) spinosa, Buekkella pellerdiae

Type specimen: USNM 118417. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains

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