Thoracicalcarea

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Thecostraca

Subclass:Cirripedia

Thoracicalcarea
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Infraclass:	Thoracica
Superorder:	Thoracicalcarea Gale, 2015[1]
Orders[1]
Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Calanticomorpha Chan et al., 2021 Pollicipedomorpha Chan et al., 2021 Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 †Archaeolepadomorpha Chan et al., 2021 †Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923

Thoracicalcarea is a monophyletic^[2] superorder of barnacles in the infraclass Thoracica.^[1] It contains seven orders, five extant (Balanomorpha, Calanticomorpha, Pollicipedomorpha, Scalpellomorpha, and Verrucomorpha) and two extinct (Archaeolepadomorpha and Brachylepadomorpha).^[1]