Genus Conopea Say, 1822

Conopea Say, 1822: 323.

Conoplea Gray, 1825: 98, 103.

Balaninus Costa, 1839: 181.

Balanus Section B Darwin, 1854: 216.

Patella-Balanus Hoek, 1913: 160, 162, 221.

Diagnosis.

Shell firm, strong, with six thick compartments; parietes with or without pores; radii solid with summits parallel to basal margin of parietes and denticulated sutural margins; basis calcareous, elongated along carino-rostral axis, boat-shaped; orifice smooth, not dentated; scutum with simple growth ridges; penis with basidorsal point; attached to gorgonians or antipatharians.

Type species.

Conopea elongata Say, 1822; type locality: eastern Florida, USA.