Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Full reference: A. Collareta, M. Bosselaers, P. A. Holroyd and A. A. Dineen. 2022. A forgotten cirripedological gem: a new species of whale barnacle of the genus Cetopirus from the Pleistocene of the United States West Coast. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 114:41-48
Belongs to Cetopirus according to A. Collareta et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACMIP 1210.158, a shell. Its type locality is Union Oil 76 Refinery Number 2, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Palos Verdes Sand Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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