Verruca sorrellae Perreault and Buckeridge 2019 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Verrucidae

Full reference: R. T. Perreault and J. S. Buckeridge. 2019. Paleogene Verrucidae (Cirripedia: Verrucomorpha) of North America, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4712(1):34-50

Belongs to Verruca according to R. T. Perreault and J. S. Buckeridge 2019

Sister taxa: Verruca (Verruca), Verruca alabamensis, Verruca gailgoedertae, Verruca jagti, Verruca sauria, Verruca stroemia

Type specimen: LACMIP 14760. Its type locality is Porter Creek, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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