Virgiscalpellum mangyshlakense Alekseev 2009 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Full reference: A. S. Alekseev. 2009. Usonogie raki (Cirripedia, Thoracica) verkhnego Mela Mangyshlaka. Byulletin Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel Geologicheskiy 84:23-38

Belongs to Virgiscalpellum according to A. S. Alekseev 2009

Sister taxa: Virgiscalpellum beisseli, Virgiscalpellum darwinianum, Virgiscalpellum gabbi, Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum, Virgiscalpellum inornatum, Virgiscalpellum marysensis, Virgiscalpellum rugosum, Virgiscalpellum wrighti

Type specimen: MGU 270/24. Its type locality is Sample 1695, south of Mount Nayza, Mangyshlak, which is in a Campanian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sample 1695, south of Mount Nayza, Mangyshlak

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