Chirona varians
(Redirected from Balanus varians)
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Balanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Chirona
†Species: Chirona varians
Name
edit- Chirona varians (Sowerby, 1846): 622
- Original genus: Balanus
- Geological age: Eocene
- Type locality: San Julian, Patagonia
- Typus: NHM, Darwin Collection
- Distributionː South America
- ZooBank: 6C17D0AF-DC2D-4F96-9991-79E7CB9B2AC4
Synonymy
edit- Chthamalus antiquus Philippi, 1887ː 225
- Considered possible synonym in Newman & Ross, 1976; fully synonymized in Carriol, 2008ː 33
- ZooBank: 075457BD-4425-4BC2-9A03-6521AB4A06A6
References
edit- Sowerby, G.B. 1846. Appendix to Part II: Description of the Tertiary fossil shells from South America, 605-627. In Darwin, C. (ed.), Geological Observations on the Volcanics Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘‘Beagle.’’ Appleton, London. BHL Reference page. [See pl. 2]
- Carriol, R.-P. 2008: New genus and new species of Cirripedia (Chthamalidae, Tetraclitidae, Archaeobalanidae and Balanidae) from the Middle Miocene of the faluns of Touraine (France). Zootaxa 1675: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. [See p. 33, as Solidobalanus varians, and for synonymy of Chthamalus antiquus]
- 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. 50, as Chirona (Chirona) varians]
- Philippi, R.A 1887. Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen, Chiles. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 256 p. BHL Reference page. [See p. 224, as Balanus varians; see p. 225, as Chthamalus antiquus, junior synonym]