Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Alternative combinations: Cythere (Cytherella) nuciformis, Cythere nuciformis
Full reference: T. R. Jones. 1850. Class Crustacea. A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England 58-66
Belongs to Cytherella according to C. C. Branson 1948
See also Geinitz 1861 and Jones 1850
Sister taxa: Cytherella (Staringia), Cytherella araucana, Cytherella asperula, Cytherella australoamericana, Cytherella besrineensis, Cytherella bispinulatus, Cytherella bullata, Cytherella concentrica, Cytherella excavata, Cytherella gambiensis, Cytherella hannai, Cytherella hiwanneensis, Cytherella marlboroensis, Cytherella muensteri, Cytherella ovata, Cytherella persensis, Cytherella protuberantis, Cytherella saraballentae, Cytherella sarakundaensis, Cytherella semicatillus, Cytherella submarginata, Cytherella sylverinica, Cytherella sylvesterbradleyi, Cytherella symmetrica, Cytherella symmetrica, Cytherella terminopunctata, Cytherella toarcensis, Cytherella tuberculifera, Cytherella tumidosa, Cytherella turgidula, Cytherella utilis, Cytherella vulgata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Byers Quarry, Marsden, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Byers Quarry, Marsden, Durham
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