BALANOMORPHA Pilsbry, 1916, 1998
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BALANOMORPHA Pilsbry, 1916 |
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Suborder BALANOMORPHA Pilsbry, 1916
Symetrica Operculata tribe Symetrica Gruvel, 1905: 189.
Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916: 47 ( Balanidae sensu Darwin, 1854).
Diagnosis.
Peduncle absent; shells bilaterally symmetrical on either side of rostrocarinal axis; shell with parietal plates of carina, rostrum and one to three pairs of lateral plates, all separate from one another, variously fused or totally concrescent; base membranous or calcareous; hermaphroditic or with dwarf males.
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