Vectibalanus unguiformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genusː †Vectibalanus
Speciesː Vectibalanus unguiformis
†Subspecies: V. u. cylindrica – V. u. unguiformis

Name

• Vectibalanus unguiformis (Sowerby, 1846): pl. 648, fig 1
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species, illustration only
  • Geological age: upper Eocene
  • Type localityː Probably Venus Bed, Solent Group, Headon Hill Formation, Colwell Bay Member, Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight
  • Typusː Lectotype cluster of shells on Cordiopsis Sowerby, 1846 Pl. 648, fig. 1, selected by Gale, 2021ː 168
  • Distributionː England, Paris Basin; American localities misidentified
  • ZooBank: 9C24245D-A913-4EC0-BA8A-5F93860F1268

Synonymy

• Balanus perplexus Nyst, 1853

References

• Sowerby, J.D.C. 1840-1846. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or, Coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. 7. London. BHL Reference page.  [See pl. 648, fig 1, original diagnosis]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 296]
• Gale, A.S. 2020. Acorn barnacles (Crustacea, Thoracica, Balanomorpha) from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire (United Kingdom) and Manche, northern France. Acta Geologica Polonica 71(2): 153–174. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2020.132263 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 166, generic re-assignment as Vectibalanus unguiformis
• 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) unguiformis]
• Zullo, V.A. 1966. Thoracic cirripedia from the Continental Shelf off South Carolina, USA. Crustaceana 11(3): 229–244. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 202, as Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis]
• Zullo, V.A. 1984: New genera and species of balanoid barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of North Carolina. Journal of paleontology 58(5): 1312-1338. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 1336, as Archaeobalanus unguiformis]