Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
The generic identification is based on Becker (1990), while the specific follows Andreu-Boussut (1991). Some of the specimens from the Aptian of Gabon identified by Grosdidier (1979) as Patellacythere GA E 27 belong to this species, while others are related to Patellacythere shimonensis (Rosenfeld & Raab, 1983) comb. nov. Bythoceratina sp. P1 in Viviers et al. (2000) probably also belongs to the present species, but it is not possible to fully confirm this, as the figured specimen is poorly preserved.
Send comments to
Belongs to Praebythoceratina according to B. Andreu-Boussut 1991
Sister taxa: Praebythoceratina deltalata, Praebythoceratina trinodosa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Praebythoceratina amsittenensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.