''Galene'' is a genus of crabs belonging to the family

Galenidae Galenidae is a family of crabs, one of three in the superfamily Pilumnoidea. It contains four genera, three of which are monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon ...

Fossil record

Fossils of ''Galene'' are found in marine strata from the

Langhian The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma and 13.65 ± 0.05 Ma (million years ago) during the Middle Miocene.GeoWhen (2007) The Langhian was a ...

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(age range: from 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from

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Species

Species within this genus include:Paleobiology Database
/ref> * '' Galene bispinosa'' Herbst 1804 * ''† Galene granulifera'' Lin 1947 * ''† Galene obscura' Milne-Edwards 1865 * ''† Galene stipata' Morris and Collins 1991

References

Bibliography

*Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17, p. 1–286. *De Grave & al. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109. Pilumnoidea {{crab-stub