Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Actinobalanus
Species (5): †A. actinomorphus – †A. bisulcatus – †A. collinsi – †A. dolosus – †A. floridanus

[Source: WoRMS+ authors] (corrected spelling of A. bisulcatus)

Doubtful species (5): A. darraghi – A. inclusus
(considered by Zullo; Perreault, 1989, to be possible Conopea)
†A. corrugatus – †A. pantanelli – †A. stellaris
(considered by Zullo; Perreault, 1989 to be Balanus s.s.)

Name

Actinobalanus Moroni, 1967: 919

• Geological age: Miocene (Burdigalian), Florida: Miocene to lower Pleistocene, western Europe

• Original status: valid subgenus
• Type species: Balanus (Hesperibalanus?) actinomorphus Moroni, 1952
  • Fixation: original designation

References

• Carriol, R.-P. 2008: New genus and new species of Cirripedia (Chthamalidae, Tetraclitidae, Archaeobalanidae and Balanidae) from the Middle Miocene of the faluns of Touraine (France). Zootaxa 1675: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

• Moroni, M. A. 1967: Classificazione sottogenerica ed affinita di Balanus actinomorphus Moroni, 1952. Riv. Italiana Paleontol. 73(3): 919–928. Reference page.  [See p. 919] (as Balanus (Actinobalanus))

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [see p. 49]

• Zullo, V.A. & Perreault, R.T. 1989. Review of Actinobalanus Moroni (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), with the description of new Miocene species from Florida and Belgium. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(1): 1–12. article Reference page.  [See p. 2]