Scillaelepas pittensis

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: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Scillaelepadinae
Genus: Scillaelepas
†Species: Scillaelepas pittensis

Name

Scillaelepas pittensis (Buckeridge, 1984: 324)

• Original genus: Calantica (Scillaelepas)
• Geological age: Eocene (Bortonian-Runangan)
• Type locality: Red Bluff Tuff at the "Kahunene Section K1", 3.2 km south of Point Weeding, 400 m northeast of Waikaripi, Chatham Island.
• Types: Holotype carina, GNS AR 901
• Distribution: Chatham Islands, New Zealand
• ZooBank: D5D1387D-857E-48C5-8EEA-9DD4CA390EC5

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1984. Two new tertiary scalpellid barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 14(4): 319–326. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1984.10421733 Reference page.  [See p. 324, as Calantica (?Scillaelepas) pittensis]

Links

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