Vectibalanus erisma

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 Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genusː †Vectibalanus
Species: †Vectibalanus erisma

Name

• Vectibalanus erisma (Sowerby, 1846): Pl. 648, fig. 2
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Middle Eocene (Bartonian) to lower Oligocene (Rupelian), Hampshire, UK
  • Type locality: Barton Clay Formation, Barton, Hampshire, UK
  • Typus: lectotype NHMUK In. 17027; paralectotype NHMUK In. 17028
  • ZooBank: 51043359-D9AB-44E7-A13F-593C1C59E6E1

References

• Sowerby, J. de C. 1846: The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain. London. pt. 113: 57-80, pl. 644-648. BHLReference page.  [See p. Pl. 648, fig. 2, original mention]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 40, junior synonym of Balanus unguiformis]
• Gale, A.S. 2020. Acorn barnacles (Crustacea, Thoracica, Balanomorpha) from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Isle of Wight and Hampshire (United Kingdom) and Manche, northern France. Acta Geologica Polonica 71(2)ː 153–174. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2020.132263 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 18, as Vectibalanus erisma, generic re-assignment]
• Ross, A. 1965. A new barnacle from the Tamiami Miocene. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 27(4): 271-277. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 60, discussion]