Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Synonym: Pisosoma Stimpson 1862
Parent taxon: Porcellanidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Beschin et al. 2018, De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, Haig 1960, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Stimpson 1862
Sister taxa: Ancylocheles, Beripetrolisthes, Cretacolana, Disipia, Eopetrolisthes, Lobipetrolisthes, Longoporcellana, Megalobrachium, Montemagrelisthes, Paraporcellana, Petrocheles, Petrolisthes, Pisidia, Polyonyx, Porcellana, Spathagalathea, Vibrissalana
Subtaxa: Pachycheles cristatus Pachycheles dorsosulcatus Pachycheles granti Pachycheles latus Pachycheles multituberculatus Pachycheles riisei Pachycheles semiornatus Pachycheles stevensii Pisosoma riisei
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Califormia, California, Virgin Islands collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Eocene of Italy (3)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
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