Colneptunus Lorenthey 1929 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Synonyms: Allogoneplax Van Straelen 1930, Gonioneptunites Via 1959 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Portuninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Portunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites

Subtaxa: Colneptunus catalaunicus Colneptunus dalloni Colneptunus hungaricus Gonioneptunites hungarica

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Type: Neptunus hungaricus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (1 collection), Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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