The decapod fauna (Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) from the Late Pleistocene of Trumbaca, Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy)

Abstract

We report a rich faunal assemblage from the Tyrrhenian (Late Pleistocene) of Trumbacà, located in the southern area of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy). The only brachyuran reported to date from this locality is <i>Ranilia constricta</i> (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) by Vazzana (2008). The studied specimens have been assigned, as follows: ?<i>Corallianassa</i> sp., <i>Dardanus arrosor</i> (Herbst, 1796), <i>Dardanus substriatus</i> (A. Milne Edwards, 1861), <i>Paguristes</i> cf. <i>P. syrtensis</i> de Saint Laurent 1970, <i>Anapagurus</i> sp., <i>Ranilia constricta</i> (A. Milne Edwards, 1880), <i>Ranina propinqua</i> Ristori, 1891, <i>Ebalia</i> cf. <i>E. deshayesi</i> Lucas, 1846, <i>Ilia nucleus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), <i>Medorippe lanata</i> (Linnaeus, 1767), <i>Calappa granulata</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), <i>Pisa armata</i> (Latreille, 1803), <i>Derilambrus</i> cf. <i>D. angulifrons</i> (Latreille, 1825), <i>Atelecyclus undecimdentatus</i> (Herbst, 1783), <i>Carcinus</i> sp., <i>Pilumnus hirtellus</i> (Linnaeus, 1761), and <i>Xantho</i> cf. <i>X. incisus</i> (Leach, 1814). The studied assemblage enlarges our knowledge on the evolution of the Mediterranean decapod faunas.