Suborder Platycopina Sars 1866 (ostracod)
Alternative spelling: Platycopa
Parent taxon: Platycopida according to M. B. Forel 2022
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, CarreƱo and Cronin 1993, Chitnarin 2017, Crasquin 2008, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Zazzali et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Gotlandella, Kloedenellocopina, Nyhamnella, Struveopsis
Subtaxa: Barychilinoidea Cavellinacea Cavellinoidea Cytherelloidea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder