Lophobalanus kellumi

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Infraclassis: Thoracica
Superordine: Thoracicalcarea
Subordo: Balanomorpha
Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Lophobalanus
Species: †Lophobalanus kellumi

Name

  • Lophobalanus kellumi (Zullo & Baum, 1979): 240
    • Original genus: Solidobalanus
    • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Oligocene, North Carolina
    • Type locality: Trent Formation, barnacle, pelecypod-mold biosparrudite grading upward into a barnacle, pelecypod-mold biomicrudite, north bank of Trent River, 1.1 km west of Bells Landing, at apex of S-shaped bend in river, New Bern 15-minute quadrangle (1901 edition), Jones County, North Carolina.
    • Types: Holotype USNM 252275; paratype USNM 252265-252274
    • ZooBank: C5439D4B-33CE-4FBF-A6E6-1664662EE120

References

  • Zullo, V.A. 1984: New genera and species of balanoid barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of North Carolina. Journal of paleontology 58(5): 1312-1338. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 1316, as Lophobalanus kellumi, generic reassignment]
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