Faxelepas paronai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucomorpha
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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Verrucomorpha

Stem-Group Verrucomorpha
Familiaː Pycnolepadidae
Genus: Faxelepas
Species: †Faxelepas paronai

Name

• Faxelepas paronai (de Alessandri, 1895): 266
  • Original genus: Pollicipes
  • Geological age: Miocene (Aquitanian) through Pleistocene
  • Type locality: Colli de Torino, Italy
  • Typus: lectotype, illustrated by de Alessandri, pl. 3, fig. 8a, b; held by Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy, in Rovasenda Collection
  • Distribution: Mediterranean, Italy and Spain, Miocene; to Pleistocene, western Indian Ocean
  • ZooBank: 4E5D799C-4882-41F3-A223-B4A17B431011

References

• Alessandri, G. de 1895: Contribuzione allo studio dei Cirripedi fossili d'Italia. Bolletino della Societa geologica italiana, 13(3): 234–314. articleReference page.  [See p. 266, original description as Pollicipes paronai]

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• Gale, A.S. 2020. Bathyal Pliocene -- early Pleistocene cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Rodrigues Ridge, Mascarene Plateau, Indian Ocean. Part 2. Cainozoic Research, 20(2): 189–207. Reference page.  [See p. 192, range and age extension into Indian Ocean]
• Withers, T.H. 1914: Some Cretaceous and Tertiary cirripedes referred to Pollicipes. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 8 14(80): 167-206. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 184, generic re-assignment as Pycnolepas paronai]
• Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page.  [See p. 350, discussion, distribution]