Platylepas mediterranea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Platylepadinae
Genus: Platylepas
Species: †Platylepas mediterranea

Name

• Platylepas mediterranea Collareta et al., 2019: 5
• Geological age: Lower Pleistocene (Gelasian)
• Type locality: epibathyal deposits (“Marne Calcaree Gialle”); Cala S. Antonino, Cape Milazzo Peninsula; 38°15′54.9′′ N, 15°14′12.7′′ E
• Types: Holotype (and sole specimen) right carinolateral compartment MSNC 4562
• Distribution: Known only from holotype specimen
• ZooBank: B197B06B-33A0-4E86-B229-5B5AFAF86E48

References

• Collareta, A., Reitano, A., Rosso, A., Sanfilippo, R., Bosselaers, M., Bianucci, G. & Insacco, G. 2019. The oldest platylepadid turtle barnacle (Cirripedia, Coronuloidea): a new species of Platylepas from the Lower Pleistocene of Italy. European Journal of Taxonomy, 516: 1–17. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.516 Reference page.