Virgiscalpellum gabbi

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: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: †Virgiscalpellum
Species: Virgiscalpellum gabbi
Subspecies (3): V. g. apertus – V. g. gabbi – V. g. heintzi

Name

• Virgiscalpellum gabbi (Pilsbry, 1933: 284)
  • Original genus: Scalpellum
  • Geological age: Cretaceous (upper Senonian to Maastrichtian)
  • Type locality: Coon Creek Formation, Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee
  • Types: Holotype carina, USNM 73114
  • Distribution: Ripley Formation (Senonian), Prairie Bluff Formation (Maastrichtian), Mississippi, Tennessee, USA
  • ZooBank: E7A6FA1E-CE7F-4A1F-BB50-B61501E373B0

Synonyms

• Scalpellum gabbi Wade, 1926: 191
  • Nomen nudum; see ICZN Opinion 118 (1931): author made species name dependent on hypothetical future specimens

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1933. An unusual Cretaceous Cirriped. Science 78(1994): 283–284. DOI: 10.1126/science.77.1994.283.a Reference page.  [See p. 284, as Scalpellum gabbi]

---

• Gale, A.S. 2020. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 295(3): 243–282. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0886 Reference page.  [See p. 259, list of accepted species]
• Wade, B. 1926. The fauna of the Ripley Formation on Coon Creek, Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 137: 1–272. PDF Reference page. 
• 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. 298, as Scalpellum (Virgiscalpellum) gabbi]
• Withers, T.H. 1945: New Cretaceous Cirripedes and Crab. Annals and magazine of natural history, series 11 12(92): 552-561. DOI: 10.1080/00222934508654759 Reference page.  [elevation to full genus, as Virgiscalpellum gabbi]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Virgiscalpellum gabbi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Virgiscalpellum gabbi.
• ION
• Virgiscalpellum gabbi in the World Register of Marine Species