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Megabalanus tintinnabulum

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Taxonomy
Balanus tintinnabulum was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megabalanus tintinnabulum by Zullo (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Balanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus
1879Balanus tintinnabulum Martin p. 131
1909Balanus concavus coosensis Dall p. 138 figs. pl. 19, figs. 1, 6
1992Megabalanus tintinnabulum Zullo p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
—Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
subfamilyMegabalaninaeNewman 1979
genusMegabalanusHoek 1913
speciestintinnabulum(Linnaeus 1758)

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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Invalid names: Balanus coosensis Dall 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available