Chesaconcavus proteus

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: †Chesaconcavus
†Species: Chesaconcavus proteus

Name

Chesaconcavus proteus (Conrad, 1834: 134)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Geological age: Pliocene, Virginia, North Carolina
• Type locality: Yorktown Formation, James River, Suffolk county, Virginia
• Types: Lectotype, ANSP 18813, designated by Ross, 1964: 487

References

• Conrad, T.A. 1834. Descriptions of new Tertiary fossils from the southern states. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 130–157. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 134] (as Balanus proteus)
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 103] (as Balanus concavus proteus)
• 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 proteus)
• 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. 22] (as Chesaconcavus proteus)