Magila levimana Carter 1886 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae

Full reference: J. Carter. 1886. On the decapod crustaceans of the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 42:542-559

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

See also Carter 1886

Sister taxa: Magila bonjouri, Magila cretacica, Magila denticulata, Magila desmarestii, Magila dissimilis, Magila dura, Magila latimana, Magila parvula, Magila pichleri, Magila robusta, Magila rougemonti, Magila straeleni

Type specimen: Its type locality is St Ives brick pit (Thomas George collection), which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at St Ives brick pit (Thomas George collection)

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