Calappilia scopuli Quayle and Collins 1981 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

Belongs to Calappilia according to B. T. Rumsey et al. 2016

See also Beschin et al. 2009, Busulini et al. 2012, Busulini et al. 2014, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Via 1991

Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, Calappilia gableorum, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia maxwelli, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina

Type specimen: BMNH In.61705, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (2 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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