Concavus concavus

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: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Genus: †Concavus
Species: †Concavus concavus

Name

• Concavus concavus (Bronn, 1831): 127
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Pliocene-lower Pleistocene, western Europe
  • Type locality: Pliocene (Piacenzian), Sabbi di Valle Andona, Province of Asti, Italy
  • Types: unknown
  • ZooBank: B7808509-E1C4-49AE-AF5A-F176BE80BAA0

References

• Bronn, H. 1831. Italiens Tertiar-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlusse. Heidelberg, 176 p. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 127, as Balanus concavus]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 235, as Balanus concavus]
• Gale, A.S., Rosso, A. & Vertino, A. 2021. Cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) and a review of the history of Mediterranean Cainozoic cirripedes. Cainozoic Research 21(1)ː 3–73. Reference page.  [See p. 27, discussion]
• Menesini, E. & Casella, C. 1988. Balanidi Pliocenici della Provincia di Almeria (Andalusia Orientale - Spagna). Studio Sistematico. Atti della Società Toscana della Scienze naturali, Memorie, Serie A 95: 231–269. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 241, fossils, discussion of subspecies]
• Newman, W.A. 1982: A review of the extant taxa of the "Group of Balanus concavus" (Cirripedia, Thoracica) and a proposal for genus-group ranks. Crustaceana 43: 25–36. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 28, as Concavus concavus]
• 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 concavus]
• Radwańska, U. & Radwański, A. 2008. Eco-taphonomy of mass-aggregated giant balanids Concavus (Concavus) concavus (DARWIN, 1854) from the Lower Pliocene (Zanclean) of Rafina near Pikermi (Attica, Greece). Acta Geologica Polonica 58 (1): 87-103. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  (discusses taxonomy and nomenclature)
• 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. 5, as Concavus concavus] (See for complete synonymy)