Litoricola dentata was a broad true crab belonging to a lineage whose living relatives include deep-water geryonid crabs. It probably lived on the seabed as an active omnivore or predator, using its claws to handle small animals and scavenged food.

Its presence adds another ecological type to the already diverse London Clay crab fauna. Rather than all crabs occupying the same niche, the formation preserves compact bottom walkers, swimming forms, burrowers, sponge carriers and other specialised groups.