Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Balanus according to D. L. Durham and W. O. Addicott 1965
Sister taxa: 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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Salinas Valley [Pancho Rico Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal sandstone in the Pancho Rico Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (12: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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