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Calanticomorpha
Order of acorn barnacles
Calanticomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 3 families and more than 90 described species in Calanticomorpha.
01Families
These families and genera belong to the order Calanticomorpha:
- Order Calanticomorpha Chan et al., 2021
- Family Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
- Genus Aurivillialepas Newman, 1980
- Genus Calantica Gray, 1825
- Genus Crosnieriella Jones, 1998
- Genus Euscalpellum Hoek, 1907
- Genus Gruvelialepas Newman, 1980
- Genus Newmanilepas Zevina & Yakhontova, 1987
- Genus Paracalantica (Utinomi, 1949)
- Genus Pisiscalpellum Utinomi, 1958
- Genus Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1872
- Genus Smilium Gray, 1825
- Genus †Pachyscalpellum Buckeridge, 1991
- Genus †Zeascalpellum Buckeridge, 1983
- Family †Cretiscalpellidae Buckeridge, 1983
- Genus †Cretiscalpellum Withers, 1922
- Genus †Jagtscalpellum Gale, 2020
- Genus †Striascalpellum Gale, 2020
- Genus †Witherscalpellum Gale, 2020
- Family †Titanolepadidae Gale & Sørensen, 2015
- Genus †Ivoelepas Gale & Sørensen, 2015
- Genus †Levelepas Gale & Sørensen, 2015
- Genus †Titanolepas Withers, 1913
- Family Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
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