Bittnerilia eocaenus Bittner 1883 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Alternative combinations: Bittnerilia eocenica, Lambrus eocaenus, Parthenope eocaena, Parthenope eocaenus

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1883. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasusländern. II . Geologie des Armenischen Hochlandes. I. Westhälfte 1(488)

Belongs to Bittnerilia according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 2012, Bittner 1883, de Angeli and Garassino 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Bittnerilia dentata, Bittnerilia eocaena, Bittnerilia granosa, Bittnerilia pentagonalis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bittnerilia eocaenus in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.