Virgiscalpellum (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae

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

See also Alekseev 2009, Gale 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Collinslepas, Virgilepas

Subtaxa: Virgiscalpellum beisseli Virgiscalpellum darwinianum Virgiscalpellum gabbi Virgiscalpellum hagenowianum Virgiscalpellum inornatum Virgiscalpellum mangyshlakense Virgiscalpellum marysensis Virgiscalpellum rugosum Virgiscalpellum wrighti

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Type: Scalpellum beisseli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections), France (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (24: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas)

Total: 41 collections including 43 occurrences

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