Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Alternative combination: Callianassa whiteavesii
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1896. On some Podophthalmatous Crustacea from the Cretaceous Formation of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 52:221-228
Belongs to Calliax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Calliax lobata, Calliax punica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Comox River (Newcombe collection), which is in a Santonian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Canada
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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