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Concavus crassostricola

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Taxonomy
Concavus crassostricola was named by Zullo (1984) [Lower Miocene (Burdigalian), Middle Miocene (Langhian); Calvert Fm, Maryland]. Its type specimen is 401-2b, Dept Earth Sciences, UNCW, a partial shell (scutum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pollocksville railroad bridge, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in North Carlina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Concavus crassostricola Zullo p. 1328 figs. 6K-W
1992Concavus crassostricola Zullo p. 6

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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
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
subfamilyConcavinae
genusConcavusNewman 1982
speciescrassostricola

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Grouping: gregariousf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:41:07
Modified: 2008-03-04 09:41:07
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (North Carolina) Concavus crassostricola (160180)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Florida) Concavus crassostricola (160181)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carlina) Concavus crassostricola (type locality: 235446)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Concavus crassostricola (51724)