Aporolepas crepidula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calanticomorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Infraclassis: Thoracica
Superordine: Thoracicalcarea
Ordine: Calanticomorpha

Familia: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Calanticinae
Genus: †Aporolepas
Species: †

Name

  • Aporolepas crepidula Withers, 1953: 125
    • Original status: valid subspecies
    • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Eocene (Lutetian); France
    • Type locality: Middle Eocene (Lutetian); Bois Gouet (Loire Inferiore), Brittany, France
    • Typus: Holotype BMNH In.39375
    • ZooBank: 9EDCE6E9-1FF2-4D76-89BD-12BA4E8DD384

References

  • 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. 125, original description as Aporolepas angulata crepidula]

  • Gale, A.S., Tracey, S. & Trif, N. 2022. Cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Eocene (Lutetian—Bartonian) of the United Kingdom, France and Romania. Cainozoic Research 22(1): 81–99. Paywall Reference page.  [See p. 88, raise to full species, comparison to other species]