Calappilia diglypta Stenzel 1934 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1934. Decapod Crustaceans from the Middle Eocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(1):38-56

Belongs to Calappilia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Rathbun 1935, Rumsey et al. 2016 and Stenzel 1934

Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia gableorum, Calappilia gemmata, Calappilia gorodiskii, Calappilia granulosa, Calappilia hondoensis, Calappilia incisa, Calappilia lyrata, Calappilia matzkei, Calappilia maxwelli, Calappilia minuta, Calappilia perlata, Calappilia perreaulti, Calappilia scopuli, Calappilia sexdentata, Calappilia sitzi, Calappilia subovata, Calappilia tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stone City: Brazos River, Burleson County, TX, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Stone City Formation of Texas

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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