Family Pylochelidae Bate 1888 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pylochelidae

No fossil representatives

Parent taxon: Paguroidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Annuntidiogenidae, Calcinidae, Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae, Pilgrimchelidae, Probeebeidae, Pylojacquesidae, Schobertellidae, Xylopaguridae

Subtaxa: Liocaris Mixtopagurinae Parapylochelinae Pomatochelinae Pylochelinae Scututergites Stagmacaris Stagmacaris quenstedti Trizochelinae

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Type: Pylocheles

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)

• Jurassic of Germany (4)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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