Scalpellum Leach 1818 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Parent taxon: Scalpellinae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Brooks et al. 1969, Buckeridge 1983, Chan et al. 2010, Gale 2016, Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012, Jones 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcoscalpellum, Arcuatoscalpellum, Diotascalpellum, Graviscalpellum, Jaegerscalpellum, Regioscalpellum, Tarasovium, Verum

Subtaxa: Scalpellum accumulatum Scalpellum aduncatum Scalpellum australe Scalpellum cyphum Scalpellum dalpiazi Scalpellum dissimile Scalpellum gibbum Scalpellum lineatum Scalpellum longissimum Scalpellum paratethyianum Scalpellum parvulum Scalpellum pfeifferi Scalpellum scalpellum Scalpellum subquadratum

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Type: Lepas scalpellum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (1), United States (2: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), the United Kingdom (8), United States (5: Arizona, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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