Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: †Balanus concavus coosensis

Name

Balanus concavus coosensis Dall, 1909: 138

• Based on shells without operculars. Cannot be placed into genus group with confidence.
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Geological age: Miocene, Oregon
• Type locality: Coos Bay, Oregon
• Types: USNM 153960
• ZooBank: DD7E001E-3CEC-44CD-A9B1-21CE7C94BAFE

References

• Dall, W.H. 1909. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of the Pacific Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 59: 1–142. (PDF). Reference page.  [See p. 138, as Balanus tintinnabulum coosensis]

• 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. 61, as Balanus concavus coosensis]

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 108, as Balanus concavus coosensis]

• Pitombo, F.B. 2004: Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 275]

• 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]