Titanolepas Withers 1913 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Titanolepadidae

Alternative spelling: Calantica (Titanolepas)

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1913. Cirripedes from the Cenomanian Chalk Marl of Cambridge. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 83:937-948

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

See also Gale 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Withers 1913

Sister taxa: Ivoelepas, Levelepas

Subtaxa: Titanolepas martini Titanolepas spinifer Titanolepas tuberculata

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Type: Scalpellum tuberculatum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Sweden (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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