Epopella

Taxonavigation

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Elminiinae
Genus: Epopella
Species (4 + 2†): E. breviscutum – E. kermadeca – E. plicata – E. simplex – †E. eoplicata – †E. eosimplex

[Source: WoRMS]

Name

• Epopella Ross, 1970: 3
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Geological range: late Eocene to Recent
  • Type species: Tetraclita purpurascens breviscutum Broch, 1922: 337, by original designation
  • ZooBank: 4B58C7C4-27F0-4E81-9F97-E86EDC6D003F

References

• Ross, A. 1970: Studies on the Tetraclitidae (Cirripedia: Thoracica): a proposed new genus for the austral species Tetraclita purpurascens breviscutum. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16(1): 1-12. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 3]

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page.  [
• Foster, B. A. 1978: The marine fauna of New Zealand: barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Memoir 69, 160 p. Reference page.  [
• Buckeridge, J.S. & Newman, W.A. 2010: A review of the subfamily Eliminiinae (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Austrobalanidae), including a new genus, Protelminius nov., from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Zootaxa 2349: 39–54. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 42, discussion]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 46]