Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt, R. H. B., Fraaije, and E. R. H. Wille. 2003. Piacenzian (Pliocene) decapod crustacean faunules from northwest Belgium. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:97-108

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Parapirimela, Pirimela, Trachypirimela

Subtaxa: Pliopirimela deconincki

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Type: Pliopirimela deconincki

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Verrebroek dock (Atrina level, Oorderen Mb) (Pliocene of Belgium)

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