Tesseropora
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.[1] 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.[2]
