Ceratoconcha

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Ceratoconchinae
Genus: Ceratoconcha
Species (4 + 23†): †C. barbadensis – †C. cladangiae – †C. conicocystata – †C. creusioides – †C. darwiniana – †C. diploconus – C. domingensis – C. floridana – †C. fuchsi – †C. jungi – †C. kojumdgievae – †C. krambergeri – †C. lata – †C. minuta – †C. miocaenica – †C. multicostata – †C. noszkyi – C. paucicostata – †C. phryxa – †C. prefloridana – †C. quadratoradiata – C. quarta – †C. rangi – †C. sanctacrucensis – †C. sturi – †C. trolli

Check (2): C. quarta
(considered junior synonym of C. floridana)
[Source: WoRMS

Name

• Ceratoconcha Kramberger-Gorjanovic, 1889: 50
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus of rudist bivalve
  • Type species:: Creusia krambergeri Baluk & Radwanski, 1967: 145 (new name), by monotypy (See Ross; Newman, 1973, p. 166 for history)
  • ZooBank: FE4E4158-F18D-4411-9217-EB92BBD0CAF2

Synonyms

• Andromacheia Kolosvary, 1949: 4
  • Type species: Andromacheia noszkyi
  • Synonymized in Ross & Newman, 1973: 166
  • ZooBank: E53551C4-7DBF-46BF-9F7C-21E94F45BBB2
• Paracreusia Abel, 1927: 101
  • Type species: Paracreusia trolli, OD and monotypy
  • Synonymized in Ross & Newman, 1973: 166
  • ZooBank: 64AA0B1A-27CA-4295-813A-3F7379496142
• Withersia Baluk & Radwanski, 1967: 485
  • Type species: Creusia barbadensis Withers, 1926
  • Synonymized in Ross & Newman, 1973: 166
  • ZooBank: 40237229-E893-444B-85D3-776222CD43E0

References

• Kramberger-Gorjanovic, D. 1889. Über einer tertiären Rudisten aus Podsused bei Agram. Glasnik Hrvatskoga Prirodoslovnoga Drǔstva 4(1): 48–55 (German). BHL Reference page.  [See p. 50, original designation, as a rudist]

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• Abel, O. 1927. Paracreusia Trolli n. g. n. sp. eine auf Stockkorallen schmarotzende Balane aus dem Miozinen Mediterranmeer. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 77: 101–103. Reference page.  [See p. 101, original mention. NOTE: not seen, article is so short, is not enough space for adequate description]
• Abel, O. 1927. Parasitische Balanen auf Stockkorallen aus dem Mediterranen Miozänmeer. Palaeobiologica 1: 13–28. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 17, presented as new taxa, and provided with extensive description and discussion]
• Bałuk, W. & Radwański, A. 1967: Genus Creusia Leach, 1817, (Cirripedia) in the Croatian Miocene. Geološki vjesnik Zagreb, 20: 137–152. Reference page. 
• Bałuk, W. & Radwanski, A. 1967. Miocene cirripeds domiciled in corals. Acta palaeontologica Polonica, 12(4): 457–521. article pdfReference page.  [See p. 485, as Withersia, junior synonym]
• Kolosváry, G. 1949: Új balanidák a hazai harmadkorból [New balanids from the Hungarian Tertiary age]. Földtani Közlöny 79(1-4): 1–8. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 4, as Andromacheia, junior synonym]
• Kramberger-Gorjanovic, D. 1889. Berichtigung bezüglich Ceratoconcha costatua aus dem Miocän von Podsused. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6: 142. BHL Reference page.  [re-assigns type species to Pyrgoma]
• 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. 58]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 1973. Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [See p. 166]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 2000. Coral barnacles: Cenozoic decline and extinction in the Atlantic/East Pacific versus diversification in the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium 1, Bali, Indonesia. ISBN 9789798105975 Reference page.  [See Table 1, and discussion]