Calappilia subovata Beschin et al. 2002 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, A. De Angeli and G. Tessier. 2002. Aggiornamento ai crostacei di cava "Main" di Arzignano (Vicenza - Italia settentrionale) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" 2002:7-28

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

See also Beschin et al. 2002, Busulini et al. 2014 and Rumsey et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Calappilia boehmi, Calappilia bonairensis, Calappilia borneoensis, Calappilia brooksi, Calappilia calculosa, Calappilia chilensis, Calappilia circularis, Calappilia dacica, Calappilia diglypta, 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 tridentata, Calappilia verrucosa, Calappilia vicetina

Type specimen: I.G. 296397. Its type locality is Cava Main di Arzignano, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Main di Arzignano

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