Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Radwanski et al. 2006, Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae
Subtaxa: Ancylocheles Beripetrolisthes Cretacolana Disipia Eopetrolisthes Lobipetrolisthes Longoporcellana Megalobrachium Montemagrelisthes Pachycheles Paraporcellana Petrocheles Petrolisthes Pisidia Polyonyx Porcellana Spathagalathea Vibrissalana
Type: Porcellana
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (3), Panama (1), United States (6: Califormia, California, Flrida, Pennslyvania, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Fiji (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (9), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Poland (2), Ukraine (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (6)
• Eocene of Italy (10), Tonga (1)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2)
Total: 54 collections including 94 occurrences