Subfamily Meroscalpellinae Zevina 1978 (barnacle)
Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Parent taxon: Scalpellidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Chan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amigdoscalpellinae, Anguloscalpellum, Mesoscalpellum, Pilsbryiscalpellum, Planoscalpellum, Scalpellinae, Trianguloscalpellum, Virgiscalpellinae
Subtaxa: Alcockianum Annandaleum Gymnoscalpellum Litoscalpellum Neoscalpellum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meroscalpellinae in the database