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  • Barnacle


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    Taxonomy

    Barnacle

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Maxillopoda
    Order: Sessilia
    Family: Balanidae
    Genus: Balanus
    Species: Balanus sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene

    Stratigraphy

    Temblor Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    California
    United States

    Comments

    Balanus cluster, and

    tall single balanus

    on Mytilus shell.

     

    The actual Balanus animal is a crustacean that wraps 

    itself in the "barnacle shell" that we are all familiar with.




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