Balanus stellaris

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: †Balanus stellaris

Name

Balanus stellaris (Brocchi, 1814: 599)

• Original genus: Lepas
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: upper Oligocene-Pliocene, Europe
• Type locality: Valle di Andona, Italy
• Types:
• ZooBank: E50B2936-6B8F-4E1A-9B2B-F049ABD4C282

Synonymy

• Balanus stellaris miocenicus Seguenza, 1876: 453

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 16BD4A6F-1192-4A34-9EFD-4449BD4FEC46

References

• Brocchi, G. 1814: Conchiologia fossile subapennina, con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milan, 712 p. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 599, as Lepas stellaris]
• 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. 49, as Actinobalanus stellaris
• Zullo, V.A. & Perreault, R.T. 1989. Review of Actinobalanus Moroni (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), with the description of new Miocene species from Florida and Belgium. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(1): 1–12. article Reference page.  [See p. 1, for reassignment to Balanus]