Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Brachylepadidae
Alternative combination: Brachylepas nervosa
Full reference: A. S. Alekseev. 2009. Usonogie raki (Cirripedia, Thoracica) verkhnego Mela Mangyshlaka. Byulletin Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel Geologicheskiy 84:23-38
Belongs to Fallaxlepas according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
See also Alekseev 2009
Sister taxon: Fallaxlepas fallax
Type specimen: MGU 270/21. Its type locality is Sample 9026, southwest slope of Mount Beshkosh, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in Ukraine.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (15 collections), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (35)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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