Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Parent taxon: Balaninae according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Cornwall 1927, Holmes 1860, Martin 1879, Martin 1904, McLaughlin et al. 2005, Ross and Newman 1967, Sepkoski 2002, Yamaguchi 1980 and Zullo 1984
Sister taxa: Tamiosoma, Zulloa
Subtaxa: 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 imitator 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (6 collections), Canada (15: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), Cape Verde (2), Chile (10), Cuba (1), France (1), Greenland (27), Iceland (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (14), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), Panama (5), Peru (4), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (65: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington)
• Blancan of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (5), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (10), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Iceland (1), Indonesia (1), Mexico (4), Pakistan (1), Spain (2), United States (28: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), United States (3: Alaska, California)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Argentina (3), Belgium (2), Brazil (3), Cape Verde (1), Chile (14), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (2), Haiti (3), Indonesia (2), Japan (6), Malta (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (3), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), Portugal (2), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), United States (111: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (3: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (2), Japan (6), Oman (1), Slovenia (1), United States (10: California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene to Oligocene of Belize (2)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 437 collections including 500 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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