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Tetraclitidae
Description | Tetraclitidae is a family of sessile barnacles in the order Sessilia. There are about 10 genera and more than 60 described species in Tetraclitidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraclitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Tetraclitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tetraclitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (86%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | D. F. Lazar, I. I. Bucur, and I. Cociuba, E. Sasaran. 2012. Sedimentary succession of the Lower Cretaceous deposits from the north-western part of Pădurea Craiului (Apuseni Mountains, Romania). Studia UBB Geologia 57(1):33-51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | クロフジツボ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraclitidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Astroclita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Epopella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Lissaclita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neonrosella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Newmanella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Tesseroplax ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tesseropora genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Tetraclita genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tetraclitella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Yamaguchiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1903 | Tetraclitidae Gruvel |
2005 | Tetraclitidae McLaughlin et al. p. 42 |
2007 | Tetraclitidae Jones p. 294 |
2012 | Tetraclitidae Lazar et al. |
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!