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Balanus
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Cirripedia (barnacles, etc.)
Order:
Thoracica (barnacles)
Suborder:
Balanomorpha
Family:
Balanidae
Subfamily:
Balaninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Balanus da COSTA, 1778, p. 248
Type Species:
*Lepas balanus Linné, 1758, p. 667(= B. porcatus da Costa, 1778, p. 249), SD PILSBRY, 1916, p. 49
Images
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Fig. 118, 1. *B. (B.) balanus (Linné), Plio., Eng., 1 a, shell, X0.75, 1 b, part of basal margin, 1 c, part of basis, enl. (39). -- Fig. 118,2. B. (B.) laevis Bruguière, Pleist., Coquimbo, Chile, lower part of basal cup filled with bubble-like septa, X2.5(40)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
all seas
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.( Auvers.)-
Beginning International Stage:
Bartonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
41.03
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Wall of 6 usually rigidly articulated compartmental plates.
References
Costa, E. M. da, 1778, Historia naturalis Testaceorum Brittaniae: $254 \mathrm{p} ., 200 \mathrm{fig} ., 17 \mathrm{pl}$. , the author (London).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Cirripedia (barnacles, etc.)
Order:
Thoracica (barnacles)
Suborder:
Balanomorpha
Family:
Balanidae
Subfamily:
Balaninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Balanus da COSTA, 1778, p. 248
Type Species:
*Lepas balanus Linné, 1758, p. 667(= B. porcatus da Costa, 1778, p. 249), SD PILSBRY, 1916, p. 49
Images
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Fig. 118, 1. *B. (B.) balanus (Linné), Plio., Eng., 1 a, shell, X0.75, 1 b, part of basal margin, 1 c, part of basis, enl. (39). -- Fig. 118,2. B. (B.) laevis Bruguière, Pleist., Coquimbo, Chile, lower part of basal cup filled with bubble-like septa, X2.5(40)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
all seas
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.( Auvers.)-
Beginning International Stage:
Bartonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
41.03
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Wall of 6 usually rigidly articulated compartmental plates.
References
Costa, E. M. da, 1778, Historia naturalis Testaceorum Brittaniae: $254 \mathrm{p} ., 200 \mathrm{fig} ., 17 \mathrm{pl}$. , the author (London).