Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Parent taxon: Carcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa 1992, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Karasawa et al. 2008, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pirimelinae, Polybiinae, Thiinae, Platyonychus
Subtaxa: Carcinus Cicarnus Miopipus Portumnus Xaiva
Type: Carcinus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Morocco (1), Spain (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (4), Malta (1)
• Eocene of Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (2), United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence