Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Parent taxon: Axiidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Feldmann et al. 2019, Karasawa 1992, Karasawa 2000, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Komai et al. 2019, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2005, Stenzel 1935, Todd and Collins 2005, Vega et al. 2001 and Whetstone and Collins 1982
Sister taxa: Anacalliacidae, Axiidae, Axioidea, Callianassoidea, Callianideidae, Callianopsidae, Callichiridae, Ctenochelidae, Eucalliacidae, Mesostylus, Micheleidae, Paracalliacidae, Psammionassa, Strahlaxiidae
Subtaxa: Biffarius Brecanclawu Callianassa Callianassinae Cheraminae Comoxianassa Cowichianassa Eucalliinae Gilvossius Lipkecallianassinae Melipal Neotrypaea Paraglypturus Pehuenchia Protocallianassa Protocallianassinae Trypaea Typaea Vegarthron Zapalianassa
Type: Callianassa
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), South Africa (1), United States (7: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (2)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (3: Virginia), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Anguilla (4), Austria (1), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Japan (15), Malta (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (12), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), United States (14: Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (7), Australia (2), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (9), France (2), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (9), Peru (2), Spain (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (32: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Togo (2), United States (13: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, New Jersey)
• Paleogene of Mexico (3)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (9), Argentina (7), Austria (1), Brazil (12), Canada (4: British Columbia), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (2), Italy (1), Japan (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (46: Alabama, Alaska, California, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 308 collections including 363 occurrences