Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytheracea according to Toth 2008
See also Liebau 2005
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 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), Turkey (3)
Total: 57 collections including 146 occurrences