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Tetraclita
| Description | Tetraclita is a genus of sessile barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae. There are more than 20 described species in Tetraclita. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraclita, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Tetraclitidae : Tetraclita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Tetraclita Schumacher, 1817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Schumacher, C. F. 1817. Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenhague.: 287 pp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cirripedia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | クロフジツボ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraclita |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Tetraclita achituvi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita alba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita aoranga species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita concamerata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita dumortieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita ehsani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita floridana species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Tetraclita formosana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita hentscheli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita imbricata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita japonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita kuroshioensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita porosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita reni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita rubella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita rubescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita rubescens species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Tetraclita rufotincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita serrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita singaporensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita squamosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tetraclita stalactifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1817 | Tetraclita Schumacher |
| 2002 | Tetraclita Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Tetraclita McLaughlin et al. p. 43 |
| 2007 | Tetraclita Jones p. 294 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
