Verruca punica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Verrucomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Hexanauplia Subclassis: Thecostraca Infraclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Verrucomorpha

Familia: Verrucidae
Genus: Verruca
Species: †Verruca punica

Verruca punica Buckeridge & Jagt In Buckeridge, Jagt & Speijer, 2008: 39

Geological age: Palaeocene (Danian)
Type locality: El Haria Formation: Sample AFN 601 15 m above the K/Pg boundary in the so-called KS section at El Kef (36N08'57/08E38'39)
Types: Holotype NHMM 2007 094; paratypes NHMM 2007 095, 2007 096, 2007 097 and 2007 100, and NMV P314992
Distribution: Known only from type area
ZooBank

Buckeridge, J.S., Jagt, J.W.M. & Speijer, R.P. 2008. Verruca punica, a new species of verrucomorph barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the lower Danian (Palaeocene) of Tunisia. Zootaxa 1844: 37–46. Reference page. [See p. 39, original description, as Verruca punica]

Gale, A.S. 2014: Origin and phylogeny of verrucomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954409 Reference page. [See p. 32]

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