Balanus irradians

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: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: †Balanus irradians

Name

Balanus irradians Zullo & Guruswami-Naidu, 1982: 529

• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: late Miocene, California
• Type locality: Late Miocene, CASG locality 54135, Wilson Ranch Beds, USGS Two Rock Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California
• Types: Holotype CASG 60891; paratypes CASG 60892-60909, paratype lot CASG 60910, California Academy of Science
• ZooBank: B5593D39-D9DC-4F70-A67A-3333245CF933

References

• Zullo, V.A. & Guruswami-Naidu, R.B. 1982. Late Miocene balanid Cirripedia from the basal Wilson Ranch Beds ("Merced" Formation) Sonoma County, northern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42: 525-535. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 529]