Fosterella (Balanidae)

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: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: †Fosterella
Species (3†): †F. chathamensis – †F. tubulatoides – †F. tubulatus

[Source: WoRMS (Fosterela) + WoRMS (Fosterella)]

Name

Fosterella Buckeridge, 1983: 109

• Gender: [feminine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Balanus tubulatus Withers, 1924, by original designation
• ZooBank: 141CDEA2-4652-4663-8489-8D63F6A35588

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page. 
• Buckeridge, J.S. 2015. Revision of Southern Hemisphere taxa referred to Fosterella (Crustacea: Cirripedia), and their extinction in response to Pleistocene cooling. Integrative Zoology 10(6): 555–571. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12161 Reference page. 
• 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. 275]
• Withers, T. H. 1924: The fossil cirripeds of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 10: 1-47. HathiTrust Reference page.