Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Alternative combination: Cytherella benniei
Belongs to Cavellina according to D. A. Jung Echols and W. B. Creath 1959
See also Girty 1910
Sister taxa: Cavellina alpina, Cavellina arcuata, Cavellina bellerophonella, Cavellina boomeri, Cavellina chasensis, Cavellina daubeana, Cavellina edmistonae, Cavellina ellipticalis, Cavellina fittsi, Cavellina fosteri, Cavellina gerryi, Cavellina glandella, Cavellina hairapetiani, Cavellina hashimotoi, Cavellina huqfensis, Cavellina incurvescens, Cavellina lata, Cavellina lirata, Cavellina longa, Cavellina maanshanensis, Cavellina marmorea, Cavellina mocki, Cavellina mui, Cavellina nebrascensis, Cavellina nesenensis, Cavellina nipponica, Cavellina ovoidiformis, Cavellina postunica, Cavellina postvisnyoensis, Cavellina pulchella, Cavellina rotunda, Cavellina savagei, Cavellina sphenoformis, Cavellina subovata, Cavellina subunica, Cavellina symmetrica, Cavellina triassica, Cavellina unioniformis, Cavellina visnyoensis, Cavellina xiaobaensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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