Pseudoglyphea mulleri van Straelen 1936 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Alternative combination: Triasiglyphea mulleri

Full reference: V. van Straelen. 1936. Sur des Crustacés décapodes triasiques du Nevada. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(29):1-7

Belongs to Pseudoglyphea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Förster 1967 and van Straelen 1936

Sister taxa: Pseudoglyphea alpina, Pseudoglyphea amalthea, Pseudoglyphea ancylochelis, Pseudoglyphea etalloni, Pseudoglyphea eximia, Pseudoglyphea foersteri, Pseudoglyphea friulana, Pseudoglyphea gigantea, Pseudoglyphea grandis, Pseudoglyphea hamifera, Pseudoglyphea jourdani, Pseudoglyphea spinosa, Pseudoglyphea straeleni, Pseudoglyphea terquemi, Scapheus ancyloches

Type specimen: Its type locality is LSJU loc844, Dunlap Canyon, Pilot Mountains, which is in a Tuvalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 844, Dunlap Canyon, Pilot Mountains

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