Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1924. Decapod crustaceans from the Oligocene of Anguilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:225-233
Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa costaricana, Calappa depressa, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, Calappa granulatus, Calappa heberti, Calappa hepatica, Calappa japonica, Calappa lanensis, Calappa laraensis, Calappa lienharti, Calappa lophos, Calappa madoerensis, Calappa matzkei, Calappa nitida, Calappa oboui, Calappa ocalanus, Calappa pavimenta, Calappa philargius, Calappa praelata, Calappa protopustulosa, Calappa pustulosa, Calappa restricta, Calappa robertsi, Calappa sahelensis, Calappa sangiranensis, Calappa sexaspinosa, Calappa springeri, Calappa zinsmeisteri, Calappa zurcheri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 6967, Crocus Bay, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Anguilla Formation of Anguilla
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calappa earlei in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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