Pristinolepas Buckeridge 1983 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Lepadidae

Alternative spelling: Lepas (Pristinolepas)

Full reference: J. S. Buckeridge. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 50:1-151

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

See also Buckeridge 1983

Sister taxa: Dosima, Lepas

Subtaxa: Lepas (Pristinolepas) harringtoni Lepas (Pristinolepas) haurakiensis Lepas (Pristinolepas) pakaurangiensis Lepas (Pristinolepas) waikatoica

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Type: Lepas harringtoni

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pristinolepas in the database

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