Scalpellum parvulum Withers 1914 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1914. A new cirripede from the Cenomanian Chalk Marl of Cambridge. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade VI 1:494-497

Belongs to Scalpellum according to T. H. Withers 1914

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 longissimum, Scalpellum maximum, Scalpellum nitens, Scalpellum paratethyianum, Scalpellum pfeifferi, Scalpellum quadricarinatum, Scalpellum scalpellum, Scalpellum subquadratum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Cambridge (Chalk Marl, Mockler collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Chalk Marl Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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