Hesperibalanus sookensis

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: Hesperibalanus
Species: †Hesperibalanus sookensis

Name

• Hesperibalanus sookensis (Cornwall, 1927): 400
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Geological age: upper Oligocene, Vancouver Island, and Washington
  • Type locality: Sooke Formation, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, wavecut cliff facing Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1/4 mile west of Muir Creek.
  • Typus: holotype UCMP 31406
  • Distributionː Vancouver, Canada; Washington, USA
  • ZooBank: 1972E93E-454C-496F-BBA0-6B624FE2D682

References

• Cornwall, I.E. 1927: Fossil Cirripedia from the upper Oligocene Sooke Formation of Vancouver Island, B. C. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 16: 399–408. Reference page.  [See p. 400, as Balanus (Hesperibalanus) sookensis]

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• 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 (Hesperibalanus) sookensis]