Cytherella gambiensis Apostolescu 1963 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Full reference: V. Apostolescu. 1963. Essai de zonation par les ostracodes dans le Crétacé du bassin du Sénégal. Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole et Annales des Combustibles Liquides 18:1675-1694

Belongs to Cytherella according to V. Apostolescu 1963

Sister taxa: Cytherella (Staringia), Cytherella araucana, Cytherella australoamericana, Cytherella besrineensis, Cytherella bullata, Cytherella concentrica, Cytherella excavata, Cytherella hannai, Cytherella hiwanneensis, Cytherella marlboroensis, Cytherella nuciformis, Cytherella ovata, Cytherella persensis, Cytherella protuberantis, Cytherella saraballentae, Cytherella sarakundaensis, Cytherella semicatillus, Cytherella submarginata, Cytherella sylverinica, Cytherella terminopunctata, Cytherella toarcensis, Cytherella tumidosa, Cytherella turgidula, Cytherella utilis, Cytherella vulgata, Cytherella williamsonia

Type specimen: MNHN.F.F61275

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sara Kunda-1 well (Cretaceous of Gambia)

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