Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Alternative combination: Callianassa pilsbryi
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
Belongs to Protocallianassa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Protocallianassa antarctica, Protocallianassa antiqua, Protocallianassa archiaci, Protocallianassa australica, Protocallianassa bohemica, Protocallianassa brevis, Protocallianassa caucasica, Protocallianassa cenomanensis, Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis, Protocallianassa elongata, Protocallianassa faujasi, Protocallianassa gracilis, Protocallianassa klofi, Protocallianassa mortoni, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pleuralum, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa russelli, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Frisco Railroad Bridge (No5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Frisco Railroad Bridge (No. 5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs
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