Tesseropora

Tesseropora
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Tetraclitidae
Genus: Tesseropora
Pilsbry, 1916

Tesseropora is a genus of barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae found around the world. Fossils have been found dating to the Oligocene epoch, and there are several extinct species included in the genus. The genus is characterized by having four shell wall plates and a single row of pores.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tesseropora Pilsbry, 1916". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  2. ↑ Hayashi, Ryota; Chan, Benny K. K. (2015). "New Records of the Tetraclitid Barnacle Tesseropora alba (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Tetraclitoidea) in the Pacific Waters of Taiwan and Okinawa". Species Diversity. 20 (2): 183–189. doi:10.12782/sd.20.2.183. ISSN 1342-1670.

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