Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Full reference: A. De Angeli, D. Guinot, and A. Garassino. 2010. New hexapodid crabs from the Eocene of Vicenza (NE Italy) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Hexapodidae). Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano 151(I):51-75
Belongs to Palaeopinnixa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Busulini et al. 2012 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Palaeopinnixa eocenica, Palaeopinnixa granulosa, Palaeopinnixa heckeri, Palaeopinnixa intermedia, Palaeopinnixa mytilicola, Palaeopinnixa perornata, Palaeopinnixa prima, Palaeopinnixa rathbunae, Palaeopinnixa rocaensis, Palaeopinnixa rotunda, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) mytilicola, Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) nodosa
Type specimen: MCZ 3002-I.G.336832. Its type locality is Albanello quarry, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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