Balanus

Balanus
Temporal range: Jurassic - Recent
Balanus nubilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Balanus
da Costa, 1778
Type species
Balanus balanus
Species

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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.

Fossil shells of Balanus from Pliocene

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary periods (age range: from 189.6 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[1]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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