Penaeus cornappensis Garassino 1998 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: A. Garassino. 1998. Nuovo studio sui crostacei decapodi del Cretacico inferiore (Barremiano-Aptiano) della Valle del Torrente Cornappo (Udine, NE Italia). Gortania 20:59-73

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

See also Garassino 1998

Sister taxa: Penaeus barmerensis, Penaeus bolcensis, Penaeus esculentus, Penaeus furensis, Penaeus glaessneri, Penaeus hamleti, Penaeus kapurdii, Penaeus latisulcatus, Penaeus maddeni, Penaeus obtusus, Penaeus plebejus, Penaeus sharpii, Penaeus smyrnacus, Penaeus sorbinii, Penaeus spectabilis, Penaeus tenuicauda, Penaeus vanzii, Penaeus vernassensis, Penaeus wenasogensis

Type specimen: MFSN 21536, a carapace

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cornappo River (Cretaceous of Italy)

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