Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Synonyms: Cavellina missouriensis Knight 1928, Cytherella missouriensis Knight 1928
Belongs to Cavellina according to D. A. Jung Echols and W. B. Creath 1959
See also Kellett 1935 and Knight 1928
Sister taxa: Cavellina alpina, Cavellina arcuata, Cavellina bellerophonella, Cavellina benniei, 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 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:
• Carboniferous of United States (6: Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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