Parthenope clypeformis Collins et al. 2003 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226

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

See also Collins et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Parthenope bachmayeri, Parthenope bittneri, Parthenope chiampensis, Parthenope jugula, Parthenope loczyi, Parthenope menini, Parthenope neocomiensis, Parthenope nummulitica, Parthenope obscura, Parthenope panamensis, Parthenope pleistocenica, Parthenope prisca, Parthenope szaboi, Parthenope tetenyensis, Parthenope trituberculata, Parthenope venezuelensis, Lambrus nummuliticus, Lambrus triangulus, Lambrus mediterraneus

Type specimen: Its type locality is BK75, Bekenu, which is in a Burdigalian coastal shale in the Setap Formation of Malaysia

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at BK75, Bekenu

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