Pollicipes Leach 1817 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Parent taxon: Pollicipedidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Buckeridge 1983, Gale 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Capitulum

Subtaxa: Pollicipes filosus Pollicipes nitidum Pollicipes pollicipes Pollicipes striatum Pollicipes vansyoci

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Type: Lepas pollicipes

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (6 collections)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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