Ivoelepas withersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Familia: †Titanolepadidae
Genus: †Ivoelepas
Species: Ivoelepas withersi

Name

Ivoelepas withersi (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951): 206

• Geological age: Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastrichtian)
• Type locality: Tortuga Formation Paita Beds, La Tortuga, about 21 km SW of Paita, Paita Peninsula, northern Peru
• Types: Holotype scutum, ANSP 18939
• Distribution: Known only from type locality
• ZooBank: 1DD13063-7019-4559-8CFC-2A6E1ED6C558

References

Primary references

• Pilsbry, H.A. & Olsson, A.A. 1951. Tertiary and Cretaceous Cirripedia from Northwestern South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 103: 197–210 Reference page.  [See p. 206, original description as Zeugmatolepas withersi]

Additional references

• 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. 224, as Ivoelepas withersi, generic re-assignment]
• Weisbord, N.E. 1980. Fossil Lepadomorph, Brachylepadomorph, and Verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of the Americas. Bulletins of American paleontology 78(311): 113–212. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 169, discussion, locality clarification]

Links

• Ivoelepas withersi in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Ivoelepas withersi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ivoelepas withersi.
• ION