Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Alternative spelling: Porcella
Parent taxon: Porcellanidae according to A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon 2017
See also Beschin et al. 2018, Osawa and McLaughlin 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Stimpson 1862
Sister taxa: Ancylocheles, Beripetrolisthes, Cretacolana, Disipia, Eopetrolisthes, Jurellana, Lobipetrolisthes, Longoporcellana, Megalobrachium, Montemagrelisthes, Pachycheles, Paraporcellana, Petrocheles, Petrolisthes, Pisidia, Polyonyx
Subtaxa: Porcellana elegans Porcellana ocellata Porcellana sayana Porcellana thomasi
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Virgin Islands collection)
• Eocene of Italy (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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