Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Full reference: M. B. Forel. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Discovery of a long-term refuge for ostracods (Crustacea) after the end-Permian extinction: a unique Carnian (Late Triassic) fauna from the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:9-58
Belongs to Monoceratina according to M. B. Forel 2017
Sister taxa: Monoceratina alexanderi, Monoceratina ampla, Monoceratina ardmorensis, Monoceratina buekkensis, Monoceratina casei, Monoceratina compta, Monoceratina gheorgianae, Monoceratina granulosa, Monoceratina gruendeli, Monoceratina hussonae, Monoceratina lewisi, Monoceratina renardi, Monoceratina rossae, Monoceratina sevii, Monoceratina speciosa, Monoceratina ventralis, Monoceratina wallacei, Monoceratina youngi
Type specimen: P6M4133, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Kilek section, Kilek-24, which is in a Julian offshore limestone in the Huglu Tuffite Formation of Türkiye.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Kilek section, Kilek-24
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