Calappilia minuta Beschin et al. 2013 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, and G. Tessier. 2013. Crostacei medio-eocenici della "Pietra di Nanto" (Monti Berici, Vicenza - Italia settentrionale). Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 38:111-146

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

See also Beschin et al. 2013 and Busulini et al. 2014

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 perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Case Pissotto, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Italy

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Case Pissotto

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