Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: A. Garassino and C. Beschin. 1999. Penaeus vanzii n. sp. e Penaeus sorbinii n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) dell'Oligocene della Valle del Ponte (Laverda) e di Salcedo (Vicenza, N. Italia). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturalie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 140(2):189-208

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

See also Garassino and Beschin 1999

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

Type specimen: MSNM Ì2450.5. Its type locality is Salcedo, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in Italy.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Salcedo

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