Myolepas scanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeolepadomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Archaeolepadomorpha

Familia: †Myolepadidae
Genus: Myolepas
Species: Myolepas scanica

Name

• Myolepas scanica (Withers, 1935): 123
  • Original genus: Calantica
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Cretaceous (Campanian); known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Röper Lens, Ivö Klack, Scania, Sweden
  • Types: holotype BMNH In.29423
  • ZooBank: 47A96C8A-1F94-4F27-A7C2-94DD9D735D01

References

• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 123, as Calantica (Scillaelepas) scanica, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2015. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from a Campanian rocky shoreline at Ivö Klack, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 54: 212–242. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.004 Reference page.  [See p. 218, as Myolepas scanica, generic re-assignment]