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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

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

Name

• Platylepas mediterranea Collareta et al., 2019: 5
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Lower Pleistocene (Gelasian); Known only from holotype specimen
  • 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
  • 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. 

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• Gale, A.S., Rosso, A. & Vertino, A. 2021. Cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) and a review of the history of Mediterranean Cainozoic cirripedes. Cainozoic Research 21(1)ː 3–73. Reference page.  [See p. 23]