Balanus concavus alloplax

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
Concavinae incertae sedis
Species: †Balanus concavus alloplax

Name

Balanus concavus alloplax Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951: 200

Taxon based on operculars without associated shells from type locality, and shells without associated operculars from another. Cannot at this time be evaluated without further material.

Original status: valid subspecies

Type locality: Oligocene, Playa Rica, Rio Santiago, Ecuador

Types: ANSP 18869

References

• 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]
• Pilsbry, H.A. & Olsson, A.A. 1951. Tertiary and Cretaceous Cirripedia from Northwestern South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 103: 197–210 Reference page.  [See p. 200]
• Pitombo, F.B. 2004: Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 275]
• 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. 39]

Links

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