Campylostoma matutiforme
Campylostoma matutiforme
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(Bell, 1858)
(Bell, 1858)
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Eucarida
Decapoda
Pleocyemata
Brachyura
Raninoida
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Necrocarcinoidea † (Förster, 1968)
Cenomanocarcinidae † (Guinot, Vega & Van Bakel, 2008)
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Campylostoma † (Bell, 1858)
Campylostoma matutiforme † (Bell, 1858)
Citation:
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2025). The fossil collection (F) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.420. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fjjmkb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-07. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/417290135
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Carapace rounded, weakly tumid in both sections;
three anterolateral spines increasing in size posteriorly, the fourth spine at the lateral angle (invariably broken off) produced to over half the carapace width, curving downwards as growth advances;
subcarinate;
transverse row of seven tubercles behind the front.
Description from: Collins, J. S. H., C. J. T. Mellish, A. J. Ross, P. R. Crabb and S. K. Donovan (2020). "A guide to the fossil Decapoda (Crustacea: Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) of the British Isles." Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131(1): 19–50.
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(Coming soon)
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Bell, T. (1858). A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain. London, Printed for the Palæontographical Society.
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Campylostoma matutiforme is another rare species of crab found in the London Clay formation, very rarely is it found with claws / limbs. Additionally, specimens with all complete spines are also very rare.
Citation:
Bell, T. (1858). A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain. London, Printed for the Palæontographical Society.
Additional images:
Additional images:
Image from: Thomas Wells
Citation:
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2025). The fossil collection (F) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.420. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fjjmkb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-07. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/417290135
Image from: James Black
Image from: Thomas Wells
Acknowledgments:
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Many thanks to Thomas Wells and James Black for premission to use image(s) on this page.
References:
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Bell, T. (1858). A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain. London, Printed for the Palæontographical Society.
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Campylostoma matutiforme Bell, 1858 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1618183 on 2025-11-07
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot, Vega & Van Bakel, 2008 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1605457 on 2025-11-07
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Necrocarcinoidea Förster, 1968 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1614324 on 2025-11-07
Rayner, D. a. M., Tony and Rayner, Martin (2009). London clay fossils of Kent and Essex, Medway Lapidary \& Mineral Society.
Collins, J. S. H., C. J. T. Mellish, A. J. Ross, P. R. Crabb and S. K. Donovan (2020). "A guide to the fossil Decapoda (Crustacea: Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) of the British Isles." Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131(1): 19–50.
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2025). The fossil collection (F) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.420. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fjjmkb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-07. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/417290135
Collins, J. (1961). "Eocene crabs in a London Clay nodule." Palaeontology 4(1): 85–86.
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