Calteagalathea De Angeli and Garassino 2006 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae

Full reference: A. De Angeli and A. Garassino. 2006. New reports of decapod crustaceans from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (NE Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 147(2):267-294

Parent taxon: Munidopsidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also De Angeli and Garassino 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ambulocapsa, Ankylokypha, Aulavescus, Brazilomunida, Bullariscus, Cracensigillatus, Cristinagalathea, Culmenformosa, Faxegalathea, Gastrosacus, Mizunotengus, Munidopsis, Octoeurax, Palaeomunidopsis, Palmunidopsis, Pegomyrmekella, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Vetoplautus

Subtaxa: Calteagalathea friulana

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Type: Calteagalathea friulana

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Val Caltea (Cretaceous of Italy)

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