Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Full reference: V. A. Zullo. 1984. New genera and species of balanoid barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of North Carlina. Journal of Paleontology 58(5):1312-1338
Belongs to Balanus according to V. A. Zullo 1984
Sister taxa: Balanus (Balanus), Balanus abeli, Balanus albicostatus, Balanus amaryllis, Balanus amphitrite, Balanus asteroides, Balanus bloxhamensis, Balanus calidus, Balanus cantelli, Balanus citerosum, Balanus crenatus, Balanus dentivarians, Balanus eburneus, Balanus glandula, Balanus gregarius, Balanus halosydne, Balanus humilis, Balanus improvisus, Balanus kondakovi, Balanus leonensis, Balanus multiseptatus, Balanus niveus, Balanus nubilus, Balanus ochlockonensis, Balanus ornatus, Balanus pallidus, Balanus patelliformis, Balanus polyporus, Balanus reticulatus, Balanus rostratus, Balanus scutorum, Balanus shilohensis, Balanus silverdalensis, Balanus subalbidus, Balanus tintinnabulum, Balanus trigonus, Balanus vadaszi, Balanus venustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lee Creek, Pungo River Fm., which is in an Aquitanian/Langhian marine carbonate in the Pungo River Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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