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Family Squillidae Latreille 1802 (mantis shrimp)

Malacostraca - Stomatopoda - Squillidae

Parent taxon: Squilloidea according to F.R. Schram 2010

See also Haug et al. 2015, Schram 1969 and Scott 1938

Sister taxa: Eurysquillidae, Parasquillidae, Ursquillidae

Subtaxa: Alima Alimopsis Alimopsoides Anchisquilla Anchisquilloides Anchisquillopsis Angelosquilla Areosquilla Belosquilla Busquilla Carinosquilla Clorida Cloridina Cloridopsis Crenatosquilla Dictyosquilla Distosquilla Erugosquilla Fallosquilla Fennerosquilla Gibbesia Harpiosquilla Humesosquilla Kaisquilla Kempella Leesquilla Lenisquilla Leptosquilla Levisquilla Lophosquilla Meiosquilla Miyakea Natosquilla Neclorida Neoanchisquilla Oratosquilla Oratosquillina Paralimopsis Parvisquilla Pohsquilla Pontiosquilla Pterygosquilla Quollastria Rissoides Schmittius Shako Squilla Squillites Squilloides Topangasquilla Visaya

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Type: Squilla

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (2 collections), United States (4: California, Oregon)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Lebanon (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Arizona, Kansas)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Montana)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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