Protocallianassa pleuralum Beikirch and Feldmann 1980 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

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 mortoni, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pilsbryi, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa russelli, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pflugerville Member, Texas, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Pflugerville Formation of Texas

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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