Arossia ashleyensis

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Genus: Arossia
Species: †Arossia ashleyensis

Name

Arossia ashleyensis (Zullo, 1986: 9)

• Original genus: Concavus
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: Pliocene, south Carolina
• Type locality: Goose Creek Limestone, borrow pit off Ashley Hall Road, Charleston County, South Carolina
• Types: Holotype McK 23-014, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia
• ZooBank: B02AC055-417F-4454-9DE2-F2CFEB63AC6B

References

• Zullo, V. A. 1986: Pliocene barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from South Carolina, with a key to Pliocene balanoids of the eastern United States. South Carolina Geology 29: 1-18. Reference page.  [See p. 9] (as Concavus ashleyensis)
• 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. 28] (as Arossia ashleyensis)