Balanus sauntonensis

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
Balaninae incertae sedis
Species: †Balanus sauntonensis

Name

Balanus sauntonensis Parfitt, 1871: 210

• Description mentions relation to Semibalanus balanoides, insufficient information provided to identify correctly
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: ?(not stated), North Devon, England
• Type locality: between Saunton and Baggy Point, North Devon, England
• Types: not stated
• ZooBank: 17F88783-A3DC-462D-9CAB-13021EC16B5C

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. 69]
• Parfitt, E. 1871: Description of a new fossil Balanus. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 4 8(45): 210–212. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 210]
• 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]