Retropluma_craverii

<i>Retropluma craverii</i>

Retropluma craverii

Extinct species of crab

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.

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Fossil record

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

These crabs have subrectangular carapace, longitudinally quite convex, wider than long, with three transverse ridges. Rostrum is elongate, narrow and cylindrical.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Paleobiology Database
  2. [2]
    Antonio De Angelis, Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini – Retropluma craveri from Pliocene of Reggio Emilia (N. Italy)
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