Family Albuneidae Stimpson 1858 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Albuneidae
Parent taxon: Hippoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Boyko 2002, Boyko 2004 and Rathbun 1926
Sister taxa: Blepharipodidae, Hippidae
Subtaxa: Albunea Albuneinae Austrolepidopa Italialbunea Lepidopinae Praealbunea Sklallamia Stemonopa Zygopa
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (1: Virgin Islands)
• Miocene of Hungary (2)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (5), United States (2: South Carolina, Washington)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences