Scalpellomorpha

Scalpellomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are about 11 families in 3 superfamilies and more than 450 described species in Scalpellomorpha.^[1][2]

Scalpellomorpha
Pollicipes pollicipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Infraclass:	Thoracica
Superorder:	Thoracicalcarea
Order:	Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
Synonyms
Scalpelliformes Buckeridge & Newman, 2006

Families

Order Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006

Superfamily Lepadoidea Chan et al., 2021

Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921

Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852

Family Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937

Family Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909

Family Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980

Superfamily Neolepadoidea Chan et al., 2021

Family Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995

Family Neolepadidae Yamaguchi, Newman & Hashimoto, 2004

Family Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989

Family Probathylepadidae Ren & Sha, 2015

Superfamily Scalpelloidea Chan et al., 2021

Family Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907

Family †Proverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989

References

1. "World Register of Marine Species, order Scalpellomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
2. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.