Scalpellum longissimum Withers 1911 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1911. Some cirripedes from the chalk of Salisbury, Wilts. Geological Magazine, Decade V 8:21-31

Belongs to Scalpellum according to T. H. Withers 1911

Sister taxa: Scalpellum accumulatum, Scalpellum aduncatum, Scalpellum augustum, Scalpellum australe, Scalpellum crassum, Scalpellum cyphum, Scalpellum dalpiazi, Scalpellum dissimile, Scalpellum gibbum, Scalpellum kamajkense, Scalpellum lineatum, Scalpellum maximum, Scalpellum nitens, Scalpellum paratethyianum, Scalpellum parvulum, Scalpellum pfeifferi, Scalpellum quadricarinatum, Scalpellum scalpellum, Scalpellum subquadratum

Type specimen: Its type locality is East Harnham (Actinocamax quadratus zone), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East Harnham (Actinocamax quadratus zone)

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