Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Belongs to Callinectes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Callinectes alabamensis, Callinectes bellicosus, Callinectes bellicosusdup, Callinectes declivis, Callinectes jamaicensis, Callinectes paraensis, Callinectes quilonensis, Callinectes reticulatus, Callinectes toxodes
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (15: Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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