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Callianassa ovalis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa ovalis was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324269, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6020a, Canal Zone, which is in an Aquitanian marine shale/mudstone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Callianassa ovalis Rathbun
2010Callianassa ovalis Schweitzer et al. p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
speciesovalis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Callianassa ovalis Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Callianassa ovalis (type locality: 42624)