Arossia aurae

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 aurae

Name

Arossia aurae Zullo, 1992: 28

• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: lower Pliocene, North Carolina
• Type locality: lower Yorktown Formation, Placopecten clintonensis Zone, Lee Creek Mine, Beaufort county, North Carolina
• Types: Holotype USNM 459029
• ZooBank: A8F07117-335B-4E28-ABC1-DFAECBCF0791

References

• 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]