Metaverruca euganea

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Verrucomorpha

Familia: Verrucidae
Subfamilia: Priscoverrucinae
Genus: Metaverruca
Species: †Metaverruca euganea

Name

• Metaverruca euganea Carriol & Dieni, 2005: 401
  • ⧼Geological age⧽: upper Eocene (Priabonian)
  • Type locality: Castelnuovo in Euganean Hills (Padua Province, NE Italy); marls with pillow lavas cropping out at Via Siesa
  • Types: Holotype movable scutum MGPD 28926; paratypes MNHN-DHT R63984, R63985, R63986, R63987, R63988, R63989, R63990; MGPD 28927-28932
  • Distribution:Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 92D2BEE2-8A3D-4D94-BF64-F2194066F0E6

References

• Carriol, R.-P. & Dieni, I. 2005: Three new Verrucidae (Crustacea: Cirripedia) from the Upper Eocene of the Euganean Hills (Northeast Italy). Geobios, 38(4): 397–406. DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.01.003 . Reference page. 

Links

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