Family Albuneidae Stimpson 1858 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Albuneidae
Parent taxon: Hippoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Boyko 2002, Boyko 2004, Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Blepharipodidae, Hippidae
Subtaxa: Albuneinae Austrolepidopa Lepidopinae
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (3: Florida, Flrida, Virgin Islands)
• Miocene of Hungary (2)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (5), United States (2: South Carolina, Washington)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences