Chirona varians

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Chirona
†Species: Chirona varians

Name

• 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

• 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

• 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]

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• 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]