Scalpellum sigmoideum

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Scalpellum sigmoideum Withers, 1953: 395
- Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Miocene (Tortonian); known only from types
- Type locality: Gravitelli, Messina, Sicily
- Typus: Lectotype tergum from Seguenza (1876, pl. 6, figs 3, 3a), all types destroyed in Messina 1908 earthquake; designated by Withers, 1953
- ZooBank: 89A7823C-C689-4A89-8C0F-016596E191B5

Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page. [See p. 395, original description]

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. 14, update]
Seguenza, G. 1876: Recirche Paleontologiche intorno ai Cirripedi terziari della provincia de Messina. Con appendici intorno ai Cirripedi viventi nel Mediterraneo e sui fossili terziari dell'Italia Meridionale Parte II Lepadidae (1876). Atti della Accademia Pontaniana 10: 367-481. full article Reference page. [See p. 372, as Scalpellum vulgare var., illustrations]