Arossia cummembrana Kline 1997 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Full reference: D. B. Kline. 1997. Systematics and biostratigraphy of Miocene Cirripedia of the Chesapeake Group; Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. Unpublished Masters thesis, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Belongs to Arossia according to D. B. Kline 1997

Sister taxa: Arossia ashleyensis, Arossia aurae, Arossia bohaska, Arossia glyptopoma, Arossia newmani, Arossia panamensis, Arossia rubra, Arossia sendaicus

Type specimen: DJB1179D, Dept of Paleobiology, USNM. Its type locality is Locality 410 (Little Cove Point Mbr, St Marys Fm), which is in a Miocene estuary/bay claystone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 410 (Little Cove Point Mbr, St Marys Fm)

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