Scillaelepas Seguenza 1872 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae

Alternative spelling: Calantica (Scillaelepas)

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

See also Buckeridge 1983, Jones 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Withers 1923

Sister taxa: Aurivillialepas, Calantica, Crosnieriella, Euscalpellum, Gruvelialepas, Newmanilepas, Paracalantica, Smilium, Zeascalpellum

Subtaxa: Calantica (Scillaelepas) angulata Calantica (Scillaelepas) arguata Calantica (Scillaelepas) australiensis Calantica (Scillaelepas) blanchensis Calantica (Scillaelepas) cardabia Calantica (Scillaelepas) ginginensis Calantica (Scillaelepas) kendricki Calantica (Scillaelepas) studeri Calantica (Scillaelepas) waitemata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Switzerland (1 collection)

• Eocene of New Zealand (4)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (7), Sweden (1)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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