Verruca Schumacher 1817 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Verrucidae

Parent taxon: Verrucidae according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023

See also Buckeridge 1983, Buckeridge 2011, Chan et al. 2021, Perreault and Buckeridge 2019, Sepkoski 2002 and Zullo and Baum 1979

Sister taxa: Altiverruca, Brochiverruca, Cameraverruca, Costatoverruca, Cristallinaverruca, Gibbosaverruca, Metaverruca, Newmaniverruca, Priscoverruca, Rostratoverruca, Youngiverruca

Subtaxa: Verruca (Verruca) Verruca alabamensis Verruca gailgoedertae Verruca jagti Verruca sauria Verruca sorrellae Verruca stroemia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Iceland (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Poland (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Washington)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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