Retropluma gallica Artal et al. 2006 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: P. Artal, B. W. M. Van Bakel, and J. Castillo. 2006. Retropluma Gill, 1894 (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene of the eastern Pyrenees (Spain, France). Cainozoic Research 5:63-69

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

See also Artal et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Retropluma borealis, Retropluma craverii, Retropluma eocenica, Retropluma laurentae

Type specimen: MGSB68408, a carapace. Its type locality is Basal Ilerdian, Fontcouverte, Aude, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Basal Ilerdian, Fontcouverte, Aude

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