Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Full reference: A. Garassino and G. Teruzzi. 1993. A new decapod crustacean assemblage from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy). Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie 1:1-32
Belongs to Pseudoglyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Garassino and Teruzzi 1993
Sister taxa: Pseudoglyphea alpina, Pseudoglyphea amalthea, Pseudoglyphea ancylochelis, Pseudoglyphea etalloni, Pseudoglyphea eximia, Pseudoglyphea foersteri, Pseudoglyphea friulana, Pseudoglyphea grandis, Pseudoglyphea hamifera, Pseudoglyphea jourdani, Pseudoglyphea mulleri, Pseudoglyphea spinosa, Pseudoglyphea straeleni, Pseudoglyphea terquemi, Scapheus ancyloches
Type specimen: MSNM i10678/9, a carapace. Its type locality is Ponte Giurino, Valle Imagna (MSNM collection), which is in a Sevatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Argilliti di Riva di Solto Formation of Italy.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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