Family Calanticidae Zevina 1978 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae

Alternative spelling: Calanticinae

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

See also Buckeridge 1983, Carriol and Collins 2000, Chan et al. 2010, Gale 2019 and Jones 2007

Sister taxa: Cretiscalpellidae, Pachyscalpellum, Titanolepadidae

Subtaxa: Aurivillialepas Calantica Crosnieriella Euscalpellum Gruvelialepas Scillaelepas Smilium Zeascalpellum

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Type: Calantica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Switzerland (1 collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Eocene of New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (7), Sweden (1)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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