Chitobalanus de Gregorio 1930 (barnacle)

Thecostraca

Full reference: A. de Gregorio. 1930. Sul Permiano di Sicilia (fossili del calcare con Fusulina di Palazzo Adriano non descritti dal Prof. G. Gemmellaro conservati nel mio privato gabinetto). Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie 52:1-70

Parent taxon: Cirripedia according to A. de Gregorio 1930

Sister taxa: Acrothoracica, Bassettina, Corobalanus, Ctenaenigmatidae, Ilba, Lophobalanus, Rhizocephala, Schreteriella, Thoracica

Subtaxa: Chitobalanus minusculus

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Type: Chitobalanus minusculus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll) (Permian of Italy)

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