Retropluma craverii
Appearance
Retropluma craverii Temporal range:
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Fossil of Retropluma craverii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Retroplumidae |
Genus: | Retropluma |
Species: | †R. craverii
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Binomial name | |
†Retropluma craverii Crema 1895
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Retropluma craverii is an extinct species of heterotrematan crabs belonging to the family Retroplumidae. The species name craverii honors the Italian explorer and naturalist Federico Craveri.
Fossil record
[edit]Fossils of Retropluma craverii are found in marine strata of the Pliocene of Italy (age range: from 5.333 million to 2.582 million years.[1]
Description
[edit]These crabs have subrectangular carapace, longitudinally quite convex, wider than long, with three transverse ridges. Rostrum is elongate, narrow and cylindrical.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ Antonio De Angelis, Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini – Retropluma craveri from Pliocene of Reggio Emilia (N. Italy)