Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae
Alternative spelling: Calanticinae
Parent taxon: Calanticomorpha according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Buckeridge 1983, Carriol and Collins 2000, Chan et al. 2010, Gale 2019 and Jones 2007
Sister taxa: Cretiscalpellidae, Pachyscalpellum, Titanolepadidae
Subtaxa: Aurivillialepas Calantica Crosnieriella Euscalpellum Gruvelialepas Newmanilepas Paracalantica Scillaelepas Smilium Zeascalpellum
Type: Calantica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Switzerland (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (7), Sweden (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences