Orithopsis tricarinatus Bell 1863 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Orithopsidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1863. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea, Part II. Crustacea of the Gault and Greensand. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 14(63):1-40

Belongs to Orithopsis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Orithopsis angelicus, Orithopsis bonneyi, Orithopsis isericus, Orithopsis siouxensis, Orithopsis tricarinata

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orithopsis tricarinatus in the database

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