Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytheracea according to Toth 2008
See also Liebau 2005 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atjehella, Bronsteiniana, Climacoidea, Covracytheridae, Cytheralison, Emphasia, Exophthalmocythere, Falunia, Habrocythere, Hemikrithe, Juvenix, Leguminocythereidae, Lymnocytheridae, Mandelstamia, Marslatourella, Mediocytherideis, Naviculina, Neocytherideidae, Paenula, Palaeocytheridea, Pavloviella, Pectocytheridae, Platycythere, Protocytheridae, Pseudocytheromorpha, Pseudocytherura, Pseudokrithe, Pulviella, Rectocythere, Rubracea, Ruttenella, Saida, Segmina, Semicytheridea, Sinusuellidae, Stillina, Taxodiella, Thalmannia, Tomiellidae, Trachyleberidae, Velarocythere, Vicinia
Subtaxa: Callistocythere Cluthia Leptocythere Leptocytherinae Tanella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Croatia (3), Georgia (1), Greece (23), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (3), Poland (12), Türkiye (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 59 collections including 155 occurrences