Bosquetlepas valida Steenstrup 1839 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Myolepadidae

Alternative combination: Pollicipes validus

Belongs to Bosquetlepas according to A. S. Gale 2015

Sister taxa: Bosquetlepas brydonei, Bosquetlepas contigua, Bosquetlepas darwiniana, Bosquetlepas gracilis, Bosquetlepas subplena, Bosquetlepas turonica, Bosquetlepas zeidleri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Röper lens, Ivö Klack (Cretaceous of Sweden)

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