Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Full reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, G. Tessier and R. Zorzin. 2016. I crostacei associati a coralli nell’Eocene inferiore dell’area di Bolca (Verona e Vicenza, Italia nordorientale). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona - 2. serie, Sezione Scienze della Terra 9:1-189
Parent taxon: Galatheidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Beschin et al. 2016 and De Angeli and Ceccon 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Eomunidopsis, Eosadayoshia, Galathea, Galatheinae, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: Bolcagalathea corallina Bolcagalathea multispinosa Bolcagalathea venetica
Type: Bolcagalathea corallina
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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