Bythocythere mylaensis Sciuto, 2009

Sciuto, F & Rosso, M, 2015, Bathyal ostracods from the Santa Maria di Leuca deep-water coral province (northern Ionian Sea), Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (9), pp. 1-17 : 8-9

Bythocythere mylaensis Sciuto, 2009

2005 Bythocythere sp. 1 . Sciuto, p. 222. 2009 Bythocythere mylaensis, Sciuto , pl. 1, figs. 1- 12.

Remarks. This species was found only in the Framework Corals facies (CF). B. mylaensis can be considered as a bathyal taxon because it is always found in typically deep water associations, with ecological requirements seemingly unchanged throughout the Pleistocene. Presently, B. mylaensis seems to have restricted both stratigraphical and geographical distributions, known only from Pleistocene sediments of the central Mediterranean area, including north-eastern Sicily (Lower Pleistocene outcrops) and the northern Ionian Sea (Upper Pleistocene underwater cores).