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Cytherella hannai

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy

Cytherella hannai was named by Howe and Law (1936) [authors: Howe and Lea]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acuta, C. austinensis, C. bayrichi, C. cingulata, C. circumpunctata, C. fimbricinctus, C. fragilis, C. gracilis, C. guasarensis, C. hemipuncta, C. index, C. krimensis, C. levisulcata, C. limpida, C. meijeri, C. obscura, C. parallela, C. praetoarcensis, C. pulchra, C. speetonensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Cytherella hannai Howe and Law p. 16 figs. Plate I, figure 1-5
1936	Cytherella hannai Howe and Lea p. 16 figs. Plate I, figure 1-5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Platycopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Platycopina	Sars 1866
superfamily	Cytherelloidea	Sars 1886
family	Cytherellidae	Sars 1866
genus	Cytherella	Jones 1849
species	hannai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cytherella hannai Howe and Law 1936

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Diet 2:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindo

Created:

2010-02-05 01:56:31

Modified:

2011-06-14 02:59:51

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 33.90000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Veracruz)	Cytherella hannai (94164 94165 94166 94169 94170 94172 94173)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Mexico (Veracruz)	Cytherella hannai (37334)