Calliax sp.

Pasini, Giovanni, Garassino, Alessandro & Sami, Marco, 2019, Decapod assemblage from the late Miocene (early-middle Messinian) of the Romagna Apennines nearby Brisighella, Emilia-Romagna (N Italy), Natural History Sciences 6 (1), pp. 27-32 : 28-29

Calliax sp.

Fig. 1B

Material and measurements: one incomplete propodus in lateral view, in part and counterpart ( MSF 1157 – 1157bis – lpr: 9 mm; wpr: 5 mm).

Description. One elongate major subrectangular cheliped poorly preserved, having, flattened transversally palm,

with a faint marginal ridge; triangular, elongate index with a median denticle on the median of the occlusal margin.

Discussion. The general shape of the flattened palm and the nearly straight index bearing median denticle, suggest closer affinities with some species related to Calliax de Saint Laurent, 1973 , to which the studied specimen has been assigned.

Figures

Fig. 1 - A) Callianassa cf. C. subterranea (Montagu, 1808), MSF 2302 (x 6.5). B) Calliax sp., MSF 1157 (x 7.7).