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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
C. rakosensis, C. symmetricus

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)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
superfamilyCallianassoideaDana 1852
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