Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and G. Phillips. 2019. Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(3):279-302
Belongs to Calappilia according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Feldmann et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia maxwelli, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina
Type specimen: MMNS IP-8375. Its type locality is MMNS MS 65.004, Mint Springs Formation, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Mint Springs Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MMNS MS 65.004, Mint Springs Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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