Alburnia petinensis Bravi and Garassino 1998 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: S. Bravi and A. Garassino. 1998. Plattenkalk of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Petina, in the Alburni Mounts (Campania, S Italy), and its decapod crustacean assemblage. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 138(1-2):89-118

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

See also Bravi and Garassino 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli M21834. Its type locality is Alburni Mountain, Petina, which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alburni Mountain, Petina

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