Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Calappidae Rank Genus | Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Brachyura Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | |
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Similar Decapoda, Branchioplax, Coeloma, Palaeocarpilius, Acanthocarpus | ||
Calappilia is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Calappilia verrucosa.
Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Italy, United States, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil from Paleogene to Miocene (age range: 55.8 to 15.97 Ma).
Species
Species within this genus include:
References
Calappilia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA