Family Lithophylacidae Van Straelen 1936 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithophylacidae
Synonyms: Icriocarcinidae Števčić 2005, Icriocarcininae Števčić 2005
Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Longusorbiidae, Pleolobites, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma
Subtaxa: Branchiocarcinus Icriobranchiocarcinus Icriocarcinus Lithophylax
Type: Lithophylax
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Mexico (4), United States (2: California, Mississippi)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence