Calappilia hondoensis Rathbun 1930 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1930. Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 78:1-10

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

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1930, Rumsey et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Vega et al. 2001

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 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: USNM 371094

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (8 collections)

• Paleogene of Mexico (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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