Lophobalanus kellumi

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: †Lophobalanus
Species: †Lophobalanus kellumi

Name

• Lophobalanus kellumi (Zullo & Baum, 1979): 240
  • Original genus: Solidobalanus
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Oligocene, North Carolina
  • Type locality: Trent Formation, barnacle, pelecypod-mold biosparrudite grading upward into a barnacle, pelecypod-mold biomicrudite, north bank of Trent River, 1.1 km west of Bells Landing, at apex of S-shaped bend in river, New Bern 15-minute quadrangle (1901 edition), Jones County, North Carolina.
  • Types: Holotype USNM 252275; paratype USNM 252265-252274
  • ZooBank: C5439D4B-33CE-4FBF-A6E6-1664662EE120

References

• Zullo, V.A. & Baum, G.R. 1979: Paleogene barnacles from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Southeastern Geology, 20: 229-246. Reference page.  [See p. 240, as Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi, original description]

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• 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. 1316, as Lophobalanus kellumi, generic reassignment]