Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Full reference: D. Q. Chen and H. Bao. 1986. Lower Permian ostracodes from the Chihsia Formation of Jurong and Longtan, Jiangsu Province. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 3:107-132

Belongs to Basslerella according to T. Z. Yan et al. 2005

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

Type specimen: NIGP 90140, a carapace. Its type locality is AV-38, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Average measurements (in mm): carapace 0.417 x 0.320