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New species of fossil sessile barnacles (Verrucidae, Tetraclitidae) from the Pliocene of central Chile

Carriol, René-Pierre; Schneider, Simon

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Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 270 Heft 3 (2013), p. 233 - 244

published: Dec 1, 2013

DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0365

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Abstract

Three species of sessile barnacles were identified on shells of Chlamys vidali (Philippi) from the Pliocene of central Chile. Two of these species are new to science: Verruca hermi Carriol sp. nov., of which the movable scutum has no adductor ridge and only two articular ridges, and Tesseropora chilensis Carriol sp. nov., which is characterized by a calcareous basis and equilateral-triangular tergum. The third species, Balanus laevis laevis Bruguière has been documented from Chile before, but was recorded only from the Pleistocene to Recent.

Keywords

balanidae • central chile • cirripedia • crustacea • pliocene • taxonomy • tetraclitidae • verrucidae