Protocallianassa mortoni Rathbun 1935 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

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

Sister taxa: Protocallianassa antiqua, Protocallianassa archiaci, Protocallianassa australica, Protocallianassa bohemica, Protocallianassa brevis, Protocallianassa caucasica, Protocallianassa cenomanensis, Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis, Protocallianassa elongata, Protocallianassa faujasi, Protocallianassa gracilis, Protocallianassa klofi, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pilsbryi, Protocallianassa pleuralum, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa russelli, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (7: Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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