Pinnotheridae
| Pinnotheridae Temporal range: Danian–Recent |
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| Pinnotheres pisum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: |
Pinnotheroidea De Haan, 1833 |
| Family: |
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 |
| Genera and species | |
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The Pinnotheridae are a family of tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs (and the occasional large gastropod mollusc species in genera such as Strombus and Haliotis). The earliest fossils attributable to the Pinnotheridae date from the Danian.
This is a comprehensive list of species in the family, as of 2008:
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