†family Balticellidae Schallreuter 1968 (ostracod)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Balticellidae
Parent taxon: Metacopina according to M. Mohibullah et al. 2013
See also Liebau 2005, Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter 1999 and Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter 2011
Sister taxa: Healdioidea, Quasillitacea, Steusloffinidae, Thlipsuroidea
Subtaxa: Balticella Monoceratella Stoppex
Type: Balticella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Silurian of Estonia (1 collection), Greenland (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (9: Northwest Territories), Norway (1), United States (3: Oklahoma)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences