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Balanus
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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
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Balanus | |
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Balanus perforatus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
(unranked): | Sessilia |
Order: | Balanomorpha |
Superfamily: | Balanoidea |
Family: | Balanidae |
Genus: | Balanus da Costa, 1778 |
Type species | |
Balanus balanus | |
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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]