Chesaconcavus tamiamiensis

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 tamiamiensis

Name

Chesaconcavus tamiamiensis (Ross, 1965: 272)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: Pliocene, southwest Florida
• Type locality: Tamiami Formation, West Coast Limerock Co. quarry, SW/4 Sec. 26, T45S R24E, 8.0 miles south of Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida
• Types: Holotype, USNM 648951
• ZooBank: 560F185A-D9C4-4497-A9B5-6BDDE246B83D

References

• Ross, A. 1965. A new barnacle from the Tamiami Miocene. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 27(4): 271-277. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 272] (as Balanus tamiamiensis)
• Zullo, V. A. 1986: Pliocene barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from South Carolina, with a key to Pliocene balanoids of the eastern United States. South Carolina Geology 29: 1-18. Reference page.  [See p. 3] (as Concavus tamiamiensis)
• 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. 24] (as Chesaconcavus tamiamiensis)