Thecostraca - Archaeolepadomorpha - Stramentidae
Alternative combinations: Loricula pulchella, Stramentum (Stramentum) pulchellum
Synonyms: Loricula darwini Woodward 1908, Loricula gigas Fritsch 1878, Loricula macadami Thomson 1858
Full reference: G. B. Sowerby. 1843. Description of a new fossil cirripede from the Upper Chalk near Rochester. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12:260-261
Belongs to Stramentum according to M. Kočová Veselská et al. 2020
See also Gale 2016, Hattin 1977, Hauschke 1994, Sowerby 1843, Thomson 1858 and Woodward 1908
Sister taxa: Stramentum (Stramentum), Stramentum alekseevi, Stramentum canadensis, Stramentum elegans, Stramentum haworthi, Stramentum inconstans, Stramentum praecursor, Squama spissa, Squama lata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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