Solidobalanus milensis

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: Solidobalanus
†Species: Solidobalanus milensis

Name

• Solidobalanus milensis (Seguenza, 1873): 308
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: Miocene (Langhian) to Pliocene (Zanclean)
  • Type locality: Capo Milazzo, Messina, Italy
  • Typus: Lectotype specimen figured in Seguenza, 1873, Pl. 2, fig. 1, 1a; now lost
  • Distribution: Miocene, Poland; Miocene to Pliocene, Sicily and Northern Italy; reports of living probably misidentified
  • ZooBank: C321783F-6D9F-4A98-9554-C272F6D2C519

Synonymy

• Balanus mylensis of some authors, misspelling

References

• Seguenza, G. 1873: Recirche Paleontologiche intorno ai Cirripedi terziari della provincia de Messina. Con appendici intorno ai Cirripedi viventi nel Mediterraneo e sui fossili terziari dell'Italia Meridionale Parte I Balanidi e Verrucidi (1873). Atti della Accademia Pontaniana 10: 266-366. Reference page.  [See p. 308, original description as Balanus milensis]

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• Gale, A.S., Rosso, A. & Vertino, A. 2021. Cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) and a review of the history of Mediterranean Cainozoic cirripedes. Cainozoic Research 21(1)ː 3–73. Reference page.  [See p. 25, stratigraphic and geographic distribution, synonymy, clarification of spelling, lectotype selection]
• 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. 51, as Solidobalanus (Solidobalanus) mylensis, generic re-assignment]