Family Tetraclitidae Gruvel 1903 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Tetraclitidae

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

See also Jones 2007, Lazar et al. 2012 and McLaughlin et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Austrobalanidae, Bathylasmatidae, Chelonibiidae, Coronulidae

Subtaxa: Epopella Newmanella Tesseroplax Tesseropora Tetraclita Tetraclitella

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (14 collections), Saudi Arabia (2), United States (10: California)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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