Paraconcavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Genus: Paraconcavus
Species (2 + 4†): †P. margaritanus – P. mexicanus – †P. neusensis – P. pacificus – †P. prebrevicalcar – †P. talquinensis

[Source: WoRMS]

Name

• Paraconcavus Zullo, 1992: 32
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Geological range: Pliocene
  • Type species: Balanus concavus pacificus Pilsbry, 1916: 104 by original designation
  • ZooBank: A8428FA0-4F9B-48C9-9FA7-192FEC343629

References

• Zullo, V.A. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. Paleontological Society Memoir 27: 1–46. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 32]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. 
• Gale, A.S. & Sadorf, E. 2026. Cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Lee Creek Mine, Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. Acta Geologica Polonica, 76(2): e80. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2026.158194 Reference page.  [See p. 13, species, diagnosis]