Parent taxon: Ostracoda according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
Sister taxa: Acanthomeridion, Acrossula, Amicytheridea, Anabarochilina, Anfedatia, Aristaluta, Aurilia, Australopsis, Bennviaspis, Beyrichiocopa, Biaurina, Borodiella, Boucekites, Brachycytheropteron, Budnianella, Bullaluta, Cambraechmina, Carnarvonia, Cedocamia, Celechovites, Ceratocypris, Craspedopyxion, Crescenticythere, Cytheropsis, Damaoella, Darwinula, Dhrumaella, Dorispina, Duibianella, Falites, Fengtaiella, Flemingia, Flemingopsis, Galeopsis, Gelidicella, Gerdalia, Gerubiella, Ginella, Gipsella, Gladioscutum, Golcondella, Guangdongella, Hameaschmidtella, Hesslandona, Huanghuaella, Hupehella, Ilmenoindivisia, Infracytheropteron, Jamischjewskya, Jixinglingella, Kerocythere, Kuiperiana, Kuresaaria, Leperditicopida, Liagnshanella, Lublinella, Ludvigsenites, Maghrebeis, Majiashanella, Mannosocmia, Marginotimorites, Metacopida, Microcosmia, Myodocopa, Navicularina, Netzkaina, Novakina, Ochesaarina, Oepikaluta, Paleocythere, Parashergoldopsis, Paratsunyiella, Phasoia, Plesidielymella, Podocopa, Ponthocythere, Primitiopsidae, Pseudonodellina, Pulvillites, Pyxiprimitia, Renicytherura, Reticulocambria, Reversoparaparchites, Schallreuterina, Septadella, Shergoldopsis, Sigillium, Spytihnevites, Supratoarcina, Svealuta, Tatariella, Tegaspis, Tetrasulcata, Torusilina, Trapezisylthere, Uthoerina, Utsatia, Uvonhactia, Venzavella, Vestrogothia, Vitella, Voibokalina, Volganellidae, Waldoria, Yaxianella, Yulinella, Zerqacythere
Subtaxa: Bertillonella, Bisulcoentomozoe, Bolbozoe, Boucia, Calocaria, Changyangnia, Checontonomus, Cladocopina, Conchoecia, Cyclolberis, Cyprella, Cypridella, Cypridellina, Cypridinella, Cyprosina, Cyprosis, Elpezoe, Elpinella, Entomis, Entomoconchus, Entomoprimitia, Entomozoe, Fossirichterina, Franklinella, Kuzminaella, Macrocyprina, Maternella, Myodocopina, Nehdentomis, Oncotechmonus, Palaeophilomedes, Paleomyodocopina, Paraungerella, Permopolycope, Pseudoentomozoe, Rabienella, Rabienites, Rhombina, Rhomboentomozoe, Richteria, Steinachella, Sulcuna, Svarogites, Thaumatocypris, Triadogigantocypris, Truyolsina, Ungerella, Vltavina, Volkina
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder-detritivore