Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Sessilia
Subordo: Balanomorpha
Infraordo: Neobalanoformes
Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Concavinae incertae sedis
Species: †Balanus finchii

Name

Balanus finchii Lea, 1833: 211

  • Later authors have shown that this form came from Yorktown Formation, Virginia. May be synonym of Balanus multiseptatus Ross.
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: Given by Lea as Miocene of Maryland. See above and Zullo, 1992: 39.
  • Type locality: St. Mary's, Maryland (by Lea, 1833)
  • Types: Lea's cabinet
  • ZooBank: 7C78F805-5906-42AB-B0B3-783695F8D1BE

References

  • Lea, I. 1833: Description of six new species of fossil shells from the Tertiary of Maryland and New Jersey. IN Contributions to Geology: 211–230. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 211]
  • Zullo, V.A. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. Paleontological society memoir, 27: 1–46. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 39]
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