Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Parent taxon: Galatheoidea according to A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon 2017
See also Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Radwanski et al. 2006, Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aeglidae, Catillogalatheidae, Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, Ovocarcinus, Paragalatheidae, Retrorsichelidae
Subtaxa: Ancylocheles Beripetrolisthes Cretacolana Disipia Eopetrolisthes Jurellana Lobipetrolisthes Longoporcellana Megalobrachium Montemagrelisthes Pachycheles Paraporcellana Petrocheles Petrolisthes Pisidia Polyonyx 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)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (9), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Poland (2), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (6)
• Eocene of Italy (9), Tonga (1)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (1)
Total: 54 collections including 93 occurrences