Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Parent taxon: Cytheroidea according to T. J. Wild and J. D. Stilwell 2016
See also Ayress 1995, Babinot and Colin 2011, Ballent 1980, Benson et al. 1961, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Blaszyk 1987, Carignano 2012, Carreño and Cronin 1993, de Mattos Manica and Coimbra 2016, Hazel 1983, Liebau 2005, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Berounellidae, Bythocytheridae, Pseudocytheridae
Subtaxa: Abyssocythere Acanthocythereis Actinocythereis Agrenocythere Ambocythere Anebocythereis Aracajuia Archicythereis Atlanticythere Bicornucythere Bosquetina Brachycythere Brachycytherinae Buntoniinae Carinocythereis Cativella Dutoitella Echinocythereis Glencoeleberis Hirsutocythere Hyphalocythere Idiocythere Isocythereis Legitimocythere Leniocythere Mimicocythereis Murrayina Normanicythere Oligocythereis Orionina Oxycythereis Paleoblitacythereis Pennyella Phalcocythere Protobuntonia Pseudobosquetina Pterygocythereidinae Rabilimis Rocalaberininae Rocaleberidinae Rugocythereis Sapucariella Spinoleberis Spongicythere Suhmicythere Taracythere Trachycythere Trachyleberidinae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (1), India (2), Italy (7), North Pacific (1), Panama (1), South Pacific (2), United States (2: Florida, Maryland)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), North Pacific (1), Panama (1), Southern Ocean (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (8), Cuba (1), Greece (4), India (1), Italy (10), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Poland (10), Puerto Rico (4), South Africa (3), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (4), Southern Ocean (2), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Türkiye (2), United States (5: Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (18)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (3), Antigua and Barbuda (5), Indian Ocean (2), Italy (1), Mexico (7), Puerto Rico (6), Sierra Leone (3), Southern Ocean (12), Türkiye (2), United States (6: Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Washington)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (6)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (4), Belgium (1), Benin (4), Guinea-Bissau (1), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (7), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (8), North Atlantic (2), Pakistan (7), Senegal (1), South Pacific (18), Southern Ocean (5), Togo (56), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (36: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Benin (1), Togo (2)
• Paleocene of Argentina (30), Benin (11), Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Togo (17), Trinidad and Tobago (11), Tunisia (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (24), Austria (1), Benin (6), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (1), Japan (2), Kuwait (3), Morocco (36), the Netherlands (7), Portugal (18), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (6), United States (19: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (2), Madagascar (3), Saudi Arabia (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (5)
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 559 collections including 1494 occurrences