Zovocarcinus muelleri, a new genus and species of panopeid crab, is recorded from Eocene (upper Ypresian) strata at Zovo di Bolca (Verona, northeast Italy), on the basis of a single specimen from a rich fossiliferous and coral-reef deposit in the Lessini Mountains (Verona area).

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De Angeli, A., & Garassino, A. (2014). [Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Mesozoic and Cenozoic Decapod Crustaceans, Krakow, Poland, 2013: A tribute to Pál Mihály Müller / R.H.B. Fraaije, M. Hyžný, J.W.M. Jagt, M. Krobicki & B.W.M. van Bakel (eds.)]: A new genus and species of panopeid crab, Zovocarcinus muelleri (Decapoda, Brachyura), from the Eocene of Zovo di Bolca, Verona (northeast Italy). Scripta Geologica, 147, 185–191.