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Chirona

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Taxonomy
Chirona was named by Gray (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 346]. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Chirona Gray
2002Chirona Sepkoski
2005Chirona McLaughlin et al. p. 42
2021Chirona Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
subfamilyArchaeobalaninaeNewman and Ross 1976
genusChironaGray 1835

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. Chirona Gray 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available