Litogastridae

Litogastridae Temporal range: Olenekian – Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Superfamily:	Glypheoidea
Family:	† Litogastridae Karasawa, 2013
Genera
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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 (= PiratellaAssmann, 1927)
• † Litogaster von Meyer, 1847
• † Paralitogaster Glaessner, 1969
• † Pseudoglyphea Oppel, 1861
• † Tridactylastacus Feldmann et al., 2012

References

1. 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.
2. "Article 29. Family-group names". International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Retrieved 22 August 2025.