Order Balanomorpha Pilsbry 1916 (barnacle)
Parent taxon: Thoracicalcarea according to B. K. K. Chan et al. 2021
See also Chan et al. 2010, Collareta et al. 2018, Cornwall 1927, Gale 2019, Jones 2007, Wilson 1983, Zullo 1982, Zullo 1984 and Zullo and Kite 1985
Sister taxa: Archaeolepadomorpha, Calamida, Calanticomorpha, Pollicipomorpha, Scalpellomorpha, Sessilia, Unilatera, Verrucomorpha
Subtaxa: Balanoidea Brachylepadidae Chthamaloidea Coronuloidea Elminoidea Neobalanomorpha Pachydiadematoidea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder