Scillaelepas

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Scillaelepadinae
Genus: Scillaelepas
Species (8): S. brasiliensis – †S. carinata – †S. dannigeri – S. fosteri – S. gemma – S. grimaldii – †S. pittensis – S. superba

[source: WoRMS]
NOTE: Following species-group taxa have been widely published and cited as Scillaelepas, but have been reassigned: S. bocquetae – S. calyculus – S. falcata – S. mirifica – S. pilsbryi

Check: S. studeri

Name

Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1876: 390

Primary references

• 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 articleReference page. 

References

• Di Geronimo, R. 2009: A new species of Gruvelialepas Newman, 1980 (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from the northern Atlantic and remarks on living and fossil closely-related genera. Zoosystema, 31(1): 63–70. PDF Reference page. 
• Newman, W.A. 1980: A review of extant Scillaelepas (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) including recognition of new species from the north Atlantic, western Indian Ocean and New Zealand. Tethys 9(4): 379–398. abstract only seen Reference page.