Tutus granulosus Collins et al. 2009 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. W. Portell, and S. K. Donovan. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus. Scripta Geologica 138:55-111

Belongs to Tutus according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Collins et al. 2009, Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In. 63675, a carapace. Its type locality is Tintamarre, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Lowlands Formation of North Atlantic.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tintamarre

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