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Tetraclita

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Tetraclitidae

Taxonomy
Tetraclita was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetraclitidae by McLaughlin et al. (2005), Jones (2007) and Chan et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Tetraclita Schumacher
2002Tetraclita Sepkoski
2005Tetraclita McLaughlin et al. p. 43
2007Tetraclita Jones p. 294
2021Tetraclita Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyCoronuloideaLeach 1817
familyTetraclitidaeGruvel 1903
genusTetraclitaSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tetraclita Schumacher 1817
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Tetraclita floridana Pilsbry 1916
Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière 1789 [green volcano barnacle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) T. sp. (52417 52418)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain (Andalusia) T. sp. (110114)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. sp. (198563 198584)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) T. squamosa (37933 37934 37937 37939 37941 37943 37944 37947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) T. squamosa (59063 160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico T. rubescens (52347 226464)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) T. sp. (44963) T. squamosa (96557 96560 96562)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) T. squamosa (194405 194406 194407 194421 194425 194427 194428 194429)