Balanus, Da

Carriol, René-Pierre, 2008, New genus and new species of Cirripedia (Chthamalidae, Tetraclitidae, Archaeobalanidae and Balanidae) from the Middle Miocene of the faluns of Touraine (France), Zootaxa 1675, pp. 31-48 : 45

Genus Balanus Da Costa, 1778

Type species: Balanus balanus ( Linné, 1758) by original designation.

Diagnosis: Wall of six plates, tubiferous, with one row of major tubes transversally septed at least when young; radii solid with transverse teeth; alae not cleft; lateral margin of sheath not extending over the adjacent ala, basis solid or tubiferous in a single layer. Scutum with adductor ridge when present weak. Tergum with spur with gentle change in direction of growth lines, spur and furrow margins coincident; basicarinal angle with well-developed depressor muscle crests limited to border.