Balanus
| Balanus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Balanus perforatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
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.
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