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Faxelepas

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Taxonomy
Faxelepas was named by Gale (2014). Its type is Pycnolepas bruennichi.

It was assigned to Brachylepadidae by Chan et al. (2021); and to Pycnolepadidae by Gale and Vidovic (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Faxelepas Gale
2021Faxelepas Chan et al.
2023Faxelepas Gale and Vidovic p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderVerrucomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
familyPycnolepadidae
genusFaxelepasGale 2014

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. †Faxelepas Gale 2014
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Faxelepas bruennichi Withers 1914
Faxelepas ignabergensis Carlsson 1953
Faxelepas landenica Withers 1953
Faxelepas paronai de Alessandri 1895
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: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Aquitanian or 83.60000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Pycnolepas ignabergensis (214339)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Belgium Pycnolepas landenica (160381)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Pycnolepas paronai (160388 160391)