Subfamily Concavinae Zullo 1992 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Full reference: V. A. Zullo. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. The Paleontological Society Memoir 27:1-46

Parent taxon: Balanidae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021

See also Zullo 1992

Sister taxa: Acastinae, Amphibalaninae, Archaeobalaninae, Balaninae, Creusiinae, Emersoninae, Megabalaninae, Semibalaninae, Wanellinae

Subtaxa: Alessandriella Arossia Chesaconcavus Concavus Menesiniella Paraconcavus Zulloconcavus

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Type: Concavus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Morocco (2), United States (8: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Italy (2), Mexico (5), United States (24: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), France (2), Germany (1), Haiti (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Panama (4), United States (52: California, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Slovenia (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 113 collections including 150 occurrences

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