Platylepas Gray 1825 (whale barnacle)
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Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Parent taxon: Coronulidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Jones 2007, McLaughlin et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cetopirus, Chelolepas, Coronula, Coronulinae, Cryptolepas, Cylindrolepas, Emersonius, Stomatolepas, Tubicinella, Xenobalanus
Subtaxa: Platylepas decorata Platylepas wilsoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Unspecified localities [Pamlico Fm] (Quaternary of Florida)
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