Striatobalanus zealandicus

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: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Striatobalanus
Species: †Striatobalanus zealandicus

Name

• Striatobalanus zealandicus (Withers, 1924): 35
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: middle to upper Miocene, New Zealand
  • Type locality: Upper Mt. Brown Beds, Weka Pass, New Zealand
  • Typus: Syntype lot BMNH In. 44397 (complete shell with operculars selected by Buckeridge as lectotype, illustrated in Withers, 1924; pl. VIII, fig. 15-18); paratype NZGS
  • Distribution: New Zealand
  • ZooBank: A7858AAE-17AC-4557-A0CA-A3447CD05FB6

References

Additional references

• Withers, T. H. 1924: The fossil cirripeds of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 10: 1-47. HathiTrust Reference page.  [See p. 35, as Balanus (Chirona) zealandicus, original description]

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• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page.  [See p. 280, lectotype selection, update description]
• 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 (Striatobalanus) zealandicus, generic re-assignment]