Family Alpheidae Rafinesque 1815 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Alpheidae
Parent taxon: Alpheoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Hippolytidae, Ogyrididae
Subtaxa: Alpheopsis Alpheus Arete Athanas Athanopsis Betaeus Oligosella Symalpheus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MMNS MS.77.011 (Oligocene of Mississippi)