Cavellina symmetrica Alexander 1934

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Alternative combination: Cytherella symmetrica

Full reference: C. I. Alexander. 1934. Ostracoda of the Midway (Eocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):206-237

Belongs to Cavellina according to D. A. Jung Echols and W. B. Creath 1959

See also Alexander 1934

Sister taxa: Cavellina alpina, Cavellina arcuata, Cavellina bellerophonella, Cavellina benniei, Cavellina boomeri, Cavellina chasensis, Cavellina daubeana, Cavellina edmistonae, Cavellina ellipticalis, Cavellina fittsi, Cavellina fosteri, Cavellina gerryi, Cavellina glandella, Cavellina hairapetiani, Cavellina hashimotoi, Cavellina huqfensis, Cavellina incurvescens, Cavellina lata, Cavellina lirata, Cavellina longa, Cavellina maanshanensis, Cavellina marmorea, Cavellina mocki, Cavellina mui, Cavellina nebrascensis, Cavellina nesenensis, Cavellina nipponica, Cavellina ovoidiformis, Cavellina postunica, Cavellina postvisnyoensis, Cavellina pulchella, Cavellina rotunda, Cavellina savagei, Cavellina sphenoformis, Cavellina subovata, Cavellina subunica, Cavellina triassica, Cavellina unioniformis, Cavellina visnyoensis, Cavellina xiaobaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian/Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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