original description
Benson, R.H. (1977a) Evolution of Oblitacythereis from Paleocosta (Ostracoda: Trachyleberididae) during the Cenozoic in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 33, 1–47. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Subgenus raised to genus level by Bonaduce & Russo, 1985 [details]