Protocallianassa pilsbryi Rathbun 1935

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Alternative combination: Callianassa pilsbryi

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Protocallianassa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Protocallianassa antiqua, Protocallianassa archiaci, Protocallianassa australica, Protocallianassa bohemica, Protocallianassa brevis, Protocallianassa caucasica, Protocallianassa cenomanensis, Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis, Protocallianassa elongata, Protocallianassa faujasi, Protocallianassa gracilis, Protocallianassa klofi, Protocallianassa mortoni, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pleuralum, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa russelli, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Frisco Railroad Bridge (No5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.

Distribution: found only at Frisco Railroad Bridge (No. 5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs

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