Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: M. Gatt and A. de Angeli. 2010. A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (central Mediterranean). Palaeontology 53(6):1315-1348

Belongs to Pilumnus according to Gatt and De Angeli 2010

Sister taxa: Pilumnus borradailei, Pilumnus cucaoensis, Pilumnus fookimensis, Pilumnus hirtellus, Pilumnus lunatus, Pilumnus mediterraneus, Pilumnus olivellai, Pilumnus pannosus, Pilumnus ristorii, Pilumnus sayi, Pilumnus spinossimus, Pilumnus subequus, Pilumnus villosissimus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Golden Bay, which is in a Messinian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Upper Coralline Limestone Formation of Malta

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Golden Bay

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