Actinobalanus

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Actinobalanus
Species (6): †A. actinomorphus – †A. bisulcatus – †A. collinsi – †A. dolosus – †A. floridanus – †A. sloveniensis –
[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.)

Actinobalanus Moroni, 1967: 919
- Geological age: Miocene (Burdigalian), Florida: Oligocene to lower Pleistocene, western Europe
- Original status: valid subgenus
- Type species: Balanus (Hesperibalanus?) actinomorphus Moroni, 1952, by original designation
- ZooBank: 609B9298-7C42-4000-99DF-F694FD5161DB

Moroni, M.A. 1967: Classificazione sottogenerica ed affinita di Balanus actinomorphus Moroni, 1952. Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia 73(3): 919–928. Reference page. [See p. 919, original diagnosis as Balanus (Actinobalanus)]

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. [See p. 40, discussion]
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, discussion, ]