Balanus connelli

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: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: †Balanus connelli

Name

Balanus connelli Cornwall, 1927: 402

• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: upper Oligocene, Vancouver Island, Washington
• Type locality: Upper Oligocene Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from a wave-cut cliff facing the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1/4 mile west of the mouth of Muir Creek
• Types: Holotype, UCMP 31410
• ZooBank: 0B59D514-22FE-4679-8D71-F3C49A107923

References

• Cornwall, I.E. 1927: Fossil Cirripedia from the upper Oligocene Sooke Formation of Vancouver Island, B. C. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 16: 399–408. Reference page.  [See p. 402]
• 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. 62]
• 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. 274]