''Epopella'' is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family
Tetraclitidae
Tetraclitidae is a family of sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha
The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families:
* Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 197 ...
. There are about six described species in ''Epopella''.
Characteristics
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Epopella'':
* '' Epopella breviscutum'' (Broch, 1922)
* '' Epopella eoplicata'' Buckeridge, 1983
* '' Epopella eosimplex'' (Darwin, 1854)
* '' Epopella kermadeca'' Foster, 1978
* '' Epopella plicata'' (Gray, 1843)
* '' Epopella simplex'' (Darwin, 1854)
References
Barnacles
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