Subfamily Amigdoscalpellinae Gale 2016 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Full reference: A. S. Gale. 2016. Phylogeny of the deep-sea cirripede family Scalpellidae (Crustacea, Thoracica) based on shell capitular plate morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176:266-304

Parent taxon: Scalpellidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Gale 2016

Sister taxa: Anguloscalpellum, Barbascalpellum, Brochiinae, Compressoscalpellum, Diceroscalpellum, Meroscalpellinae, Mesoscalpellum, Pilsbryiscalpellum, Planoscalpellum, Pteroscalpellum, Scalpellinae, Scalpellopsinae, Sinoscalpellum, Teloscalpellum, Trianguloscalpellum, Vertebroscalpellum, Virgiscalpellinae

Subtaxa: Amigdoscalpellum Catherinum Weltnerium

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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