Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Hexanauplia
Subclassis: Thecostraca
Infraclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Sessilia
Subordo: Balanomorpha
Infraordo: Neobalanoformes
Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Chelonibiidae
Subfamilia: Chelonibiinae
Genus: Chelonibia
†Species: Chelonibia melleni

Name

Chelonibia melleni Zullo, 1982: 3

  • Geological age: lower Oligocene (Rupelian)
  • Type locality: Oligocene (Rupelian); Byram Formation, Vicksburg Group, northwest bank of Tallahala Creek, NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, T.2 N., R.9 E., Smith County, Mississippi
  • Types: Holotype MSU 3260; paratypes MSU 3261-3264
  • Distribution: US Gulf Coastal Plain
  • ZooBank

References

  • Zullo, V.A. 1982. A new species of the turtle barnacle Chelonibia Leach, 1817, (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the Oligocene Mint Spring and Byram Formations of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology, 2(3): 1–6. (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 3]
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