Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Full reference: B. Kellett. 1935. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kanss: III. Bairdiidae (concluded), Cytherellidae, Cypridinidae, Entomoconchidae, Cytheridae, and Cypridae. Journal of Paleontology 9(2):132-166

Belongs to Basslerella according to C. G. Shi and D. Q. Chen 1987

Sister taxa: Basslerella acuta, Basslerella annesophieae, Basslerella crassa, Basslerella favosa, Basslerella firma, Basslerella jadarensis, Basslerella ola, Basslerella ovata, Basslerella reticulata, Basslerella rothi, Basslerella shaxianensis, Basslerella subola, Basslerella tota

Type specimen: USNM 90124, a carapace. Its type locality is 6 miles S by SW of Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Wakarusa Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Average measurements (in mm): carapace 0.493 x 0.283