Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Alternative combinations: Balanus (Hesperibalanus) sookensis, Balanus sookensis
Full reference: I. E. Cornwall. 1927. Fossil Cirripedia from the Upper Oligocene Sooke Formation fo Vancouver Island, B. C. University of California publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(9):399-408
Belongs to Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) according to V. A. Zullo 1982
See also Cornwall 1927 and Zullo 1966
Sister taxa: Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius, Balanus (Hesperibalanus) proinus, Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis, Hesperibalanus huddlestuni, Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) cornwalli
Type specimen: UCMP 31406, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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