Family Pyrgomatidae Gray 1825 (coral barnacle)

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae

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

See also Aguirre et al. 2014, Jones 2007 and McLaughlin et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Balanidae

Subtaxa: Ceratoconchinae Megatrematinae Pyrgomatinae

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Type: Pyrgoma

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Spain (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Miocene of Algeria (11), Austria (1), Fiji (1), Malta (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (5), Portugal (2)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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