Tesseropora

{{Short description|Genus of barnacles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| oldest_fossil = Oligocene

| image = Rose-coloured Barnacle, Royal National Park, NSW 2508, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 211053629.jpg

| taxon = Tesseropora

| authority = Pilsbry, 1916

}}

Tesseropora is a genus of barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae found around the world.{{Cite web |title=Tesseropora Pilsbry, 1916 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2115821 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} 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.{{Cite journal |last=Hayashi |first=Ryota |last2=Chan |first2=Benny K. K. |date=2015 |title=New Records of the Tetraclitid Barnacle Tesseropora alba (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Tetraclitoidea) in the Pacific Waters of Taiwan and Okinawa |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/20/2/20_KJ00010117213/_article |journal=Species Diversity |language=en |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=183–189 |doi=10.12782/sd.20.2.183 |issn=1342-1670}}