Virgiscalpellum vendeensis

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: †Virgiscalpellinae
Genus: †Virgiscalpellum
Species: Virgiscalpellum vendeensis

Name

• Virgiscalpellum vendeensis Collins, 1983: 331
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; middle Santonian to lower Campanian
  • Type locality: Le Rivage en Notre-Dame-de-Riez
  • Typus: Holotype unique right scutum BMNH In. 63322
  • Distribution: Known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: 9E373948-E86D-4773-87CD-63134BA04772

References

• Collins, J.S.H. 1983. Premières données concernant les cirripèdes du Crétacé supérieur de Vendée. Géologie de la France 2(4): 326–343. Reference page.  [See p. 331, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. 2020. New thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Europe and North Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 295(3): 243–282. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0886 Reference page.  [See p. 259, emended list of accepted species]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Virgiscalpellum vendeensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Virgiscalpellum vendeensis.
• ION
• Virgiscalpellum vendeensis in the World Register of Marine Species