Mithracia Bell 1858 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Full reference: T. Bell. 1858. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 10:1-44

Parent taxon: Micromaiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 1998, Beschin et al. 2009, Beschin et al. 2010, Beschin et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cromimaia, Micromaia, Ommaciria, Pisomaia

Subtaxa: Mithracia hollandi Mithracia libinioides Mithracia lovatoi Mithracia margaritifera Mithracia oppionii Mithracia soavensis

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Type: Mithracia libinioides

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (7 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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