Tasmanobalanus acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Tasmanobalanus
Species: Tasmanobalanus acutus
Subspecies (3): †T. a. acutus – †T. a. clifdenensis – †T. a. convexus

Name

• Tasmanobalanus acutus (Withers, 1924): 30
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Miocene, New Zealand
  • Type locality: Mt. Brown Beds, Waipara Gorge, New Zealand
  • Typus: holotype NZGS

References

• Withers, T. H. 1924: The fossil cirripeds of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 10: 1-47. HathiTrust Reference page.  [See p. 30, as Balanus amphitrite acutus, original description]

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• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page.  [See p. , as Tasmanobalanus acutus, generic re-assignment]
• 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. 62]