Nantocyclois 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

Parent taxon: Calappidae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Beschin et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acanthocarpus, Bittnerilia, Calappa, Calappella, Calappilia, Calappinae, Carinocalappa, Corallomursia, Corallomursinae, Cryptosoma, Cycloes, Lambrus, Matutinae, Mursia, Mursilata, Mursilia, Mursiopsis, Necrocarcininae, Paracorallomursia, Paracyclois, Pseudocorallomursia, Pseudomicippella, Stenodromia, Tavernolesia, Tutus

Subtaxa: Nantocyclois eocenicus

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Type: Nantocyclois eocenicus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Case Pissotto (Eocene of Italy)

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