†family Coleiidae Van Straelen 1924 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Parent taxon: Eryonoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013
See also Garassino and Teruzzi 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Eryonidae, Palaeopentachelidae, Polychelidae, Tetrachelidae, Tricarinidae
Subtaxa: Coleia Hellerocaris Proeryon Pseudocoleia Tropifer
Type: Coleia
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (4), Italy (3), the United Kingdom (14)
• Triassic of Italy (4), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 30 collections including 37 occurrences