Litogaster luxoviensis Étallon 1859 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Alternative combination: Lithogaster luxoviensis

Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Description des crustacés fossiles de la Haute-Saône et du Haut-Jura. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 16:169-205

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

See also Bill 1914 and Étallon 1859

Sister taxa: Litogaster obtusa, Litogaster ornata, Litogaster tiefenbachensis, Litogaster tuberculata, Litogaster turnbullensis, Brachygaster serrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mont Marrot, near Breuche-les-Luxeuil, which is in an Aegean fluvial-lacustrine marl in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mont Marrot, near Breuche-les-Luxeuil

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