Extinct genus of crabs
Calappilia is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Calappilia verrucosa.[1]
Fossils of crabs within this genus have been found in Italy, United States, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil from Paleogene to Miocene (age range: 55.8 to 15.97 Ma).[1]
Species
Species within this genus include:[1]
- Calappilia bohmi Glaessner 1929
- Calappilia bonairensis Van Straelen 1933
- Calappilia borneoensis Van Straelen 1924
- Calappilia brooksi Ross & Scolaro 1964
- Calappilia calculosa Rumsey, Klompmaker & Portell 2016[2]
- Calappilia chilensis Feldmann et al. 2005
- Calappilia circularis Beurlen 1958
- Calappilia dacica Bittner 1893
- Calappilia diglypta Stenzel 1934
- Calappilia gemmata Beschin 1994
- Calappilia gorodiskii Remy 1959
- Calappilia hondoensis Rathbun 1930
- Calappilia incisa Bittner 1886
- Calappilia mainii Allasinaz 1987 (reassigned by some authors to Stenodromia)[3]
- Calappilia matzkei Bachmayer 1962
- Calappilia maxwelli Feldmann 1993
- Calappilia ocalanus Ross 1964
- Calappilia perlata Noetling 1885
- Calappilia scopuli Quayle and Collins 1981
- Calappilia sexdentata Milne-Edwards 1876
- Calappilia sitzi Blow & Manning 1996
- Calappilia subovata Beschin 2002
- Calappilia tridentata Beurlen 1939
- Calappilia verrucosa Milne-Edwards 1873
- Calappilia vicetina Fabiani 1910
Distribution
Fossils of Calappilia have been found in:[1]
References