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Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge 1983

Description

†FAMILY CHIONELASMATIDAE BUCKERIDGE, 1983

Diagnosis: Shell six plated, with single rostrum, carina, paired carinomarginals and rostromarginals. Shell with up to several rows of imbricating plates at base; imbricating plates including two pairs of dedicated latera. Sheath formed by rostrum, carina and carinomarginals only; rostromarginals do not enter sheath. Basis thin, calcareous.

Chionelasmus Pilsbry, 1911 (Eocene–Recent) (two species)

Eochionelasmus Yamaguchi, 1990 (three species)

Notes

Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 834, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/5637275

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References

  • Buckeridge JS. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 50: 1 - 151 + pls.