Litogastridae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Superfamily: | Glypheoidea |
| Family: | †Litogastridae Karasawa, 2013 |
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Litogastridae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived from the Early Triassic to the Late Jurassic. It was first given the name Litogastroidae, but this does not comply with article 29.2 in ICZN.[1][2]
Genera
As of 2013, the following species are included:[1]
- †Lissocardia von Meyer, 1851 (= Piratella Assmann, 1927)
- †Litogaster von Meyer, 1847
- †Paralitogaster Glaessner, 1969
- †Pseudoglyphea Oppel, 1861
- †Tridactylastacus Feldmann et al., 2012
References
- ^ a b Karasawa, Hiroaki; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Feldmann, Rodney M. (2013-01-01). "Phylogeny and systematics of extant and extinct lobsters". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 33 (1): 78–123. doi:10.1163/1937240x-00002111. ISSN 0278-0372.
- ^ "Article 29. Family-group names". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Retrieved 22 August 2025.