Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cytherocopina > Superfamily Cytheroidea > Family Leptocytheridae > Genus Leptocythere

Leptocythere macella Ruggieri, 1975

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptocythere*	Sars, 1925	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Ruggieri, G. (1975). Revisione della Ostracofauna marina quaternaria di Imola (Bologna. Revista Española de Micropaleontologia. 6: 419-446.
basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Aiello, G.; Barra, D.; Parisi, R. (2015). Lower–Middle Pleistocene ostracod assemblages from the Montalbano Jonico section (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Quaternary International. 383: 47-73.
additional source	Aiello, G.; Amato, V.; Barra, D.; Caporaso, L.; Caruso, T.; Giaccio, B.; Parisi, R.; Rossi, A. (2020). Late Quaternary benthic foraminiferal and ostracod response to palaeoenvironmental changes in a Mediterranean coastal area, Port of Salerno, Tyrrhenian Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 40: 101498.
additional source	Aiello, G.; Barra, D.; Parisi, R.; Isaia, R.; Marturano, A. (2018). Holocene benthic foraminiferal and ostracod assemblages in a paleo-hydrothermal vent system of Campi Flegrei (Campania, South Italy). Palaeontologia Electronica. 21(3).

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Leptocythere macella Ruggieri, 1975. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128199