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Ceratoconcha

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae

Taxonomy
Ceratoconcha was named by Kramberger-Gorjanovic (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Ceratoconchinae.

It was assigned to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pyrgomatidae by McLaughlin et al. (2005); and to Ceratoconchinae by Chan et al. (2021).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ceratoconcha Kramberger-Gorjanovic
2002Ceratoconcha Sepkoski
2005Ceratoconcha McLaughlin et al. p. 43
2021Ceratoconcha Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyPyrgomatidaeGray 1825
subfamilyCeratoconchinaeNewman and Ross 1976
genusCeratoconchaKramberger-Gorjanovic 1889

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.

G. Ceratoconcha Kramberger-Gorjanovic 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Portugal C. costata (151584 151585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco C. oraniensis (34723 34724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica C. barbadensis (185031)