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Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum arcuatum was named by Darwin (1851). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Folkestone, Gault (Bowerbank collection), which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Arcuatoscalpellum.

It was recombined as Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) arcuatum by Withers (1935); it was recombined as Arcoscalpellum arcuatum by Collins (1974) and Carriol and Collins (2000); it was recombined as Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum by Gale (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Scalpellum arcuatum Darwin p. 40 figs. pl. 1, figs. 7a-g
1912Scalpellum arcuatum Withers p. 532 fig. 65
1935Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) arcuatum Withers p. 204 figs. pl. 23, figs. 9-15; pl. 24, fig. 1
1974Arcoscalpellum arcuatum Collins p. 384 figs. Pl 11, fig 10
2000Arcoscalpellum arcuatum Carriol and Collins p. 143
2016Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum Gale p. 297 figs. 4M-S

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyScalpelloideaPilsbry 1907
familyScalpellidaePilsbry 1907
subfamilyScalpellinaePilsbry 1907
genusArcuatoscalpellum
speciesarcuatum(Darwin 1851)

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.

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Diagnosis
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