Pollicipes nitidum Collins 1974 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins. 1974. Recent advances in the knowledge of Gault Cirripedia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 85:377-386

Belongs to Pollicipes according to J. S. H. Collins 1974

Sister taxa: Pollicipes bronnii, Pollicipes conicus, Pollicipes costatus, Pollicipes cuspidatus, Pollicipes elongatus, Pollicipes filosus, Pollicipes glaber, Pollicipes kosticensis, Pollicipes pollicipes, Pollicipes striatum, Pollicipes vansyoci

Type specimen: BMNH In.61362, an other (left scutum). Its type locality is Ford Place, Wrotham (Hysteroceras orbignyi subzone), which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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