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Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi
Taxonomy
Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi was named by Zullo (1969). Its type specimen is LACM 1209 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 305, K Ranch, which is in a Piacenzian coastal siliciclastic in the San Diego Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi Zullo p. 7 figs. Figs. 11-22 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi Zullo 1969
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| V. A. Zullo 1969 | Ba/anus s.s. with conic , strongly ribbed or plicate shell and smalJ, untoothed, subtriangular orifice ; sutures between carinolateral s and carina linear and often obscured externally in older specimens; scutum with prominent growth ridges cut by deep longitudinal striae , giving a marked cancellate appearance to the exterior; beaked ter gum with broad , basally truncate spur and open spur furrow. |