Pinnixa galliheri Rathbun 1932 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pinnotheridae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1932. Fossil pinnotherids from the California Miocene. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 22(14):411-413

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

See also Rathbun 1932

Sister taxa: Pinnixa aequipunctata, Pinnixa eocenica, Pinnixa faba, Pinnixa microgranulosa, Pinnixa miocenica, Pinnixa montereyensis, Pinnixa navidadensis, Pinnixa omega

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hill 610, northwest of Loma Alta, which is in a Serravallian marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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