Actinobalanus actinomorphus

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: Actinobalanus actinomorphus

Name

• Actinobalanus actinomorphus (Moroni, 1952): 73
  • Geological age: Pliocene to lower Pleistocene
  • Original genus: Balanus (Hesperibalanus?)
  • Type locality: Sabbie gialle, near Fauglia, Collene pisane, Tuscany, Italy
  • Typus: Cirriped Collection, University of Bologna, #113
  • Distribution: Italy and Sicily
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Synonymy

• non ?Balanus bisulcatus Darwin. Withers, 1953 (Zanclean White Limestone of Sicily only)

References

• Moroni Ruggieri, M.A. 1952: Richerche sui Cirripedi fossili Italiani. Nota I. Giornale di Geologia Ann. Mus. Geologia Bologna, ser. 2 22: 66-81. Reference page.  [See p. 73 as Balanus (Hesperibalanus?) actinomorphus]

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• 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. 923]
• 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, as Actinobalanus actinomorphus, generic re-assignment]
• 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]