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Barnacle
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By PRK
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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