BuddingPaleo Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Good morning! I'm not finding a picture of this guy. Most my other barnacles are purple acorns. Haven't found another like this one. I'd like to know a little more about him. Is it a type of acorn barnacle? Thanks! (Sw Fl, on an oyster, pliocene) P.S. Just pulled it out of a bath, sorry it's still wet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It looks more like a broken shell to me, possibly a lace murex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 I'm fair to certain it's a barnacle. Better perspective pics here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Definitely a barnacle with those views. My book only discusses the acorn and goose. It could be calcified giving it the white color. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks. I'll get it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Kind of has some similarity to a Tamiosoma advena that MikeR ID'd for me but it might be one of the Chesaconcavus sp. or one of the others you run into. Yours looks a little worn and appears to have a broader opening but barnacle ID'ing with all their variations without their internal plates is for the pros unless you are very familiar with them...I've been wrong so many times it aint funny anymore but I dont discourage easily and I still like looking and collecting the dang things. I dont have a copy but if you can track down this article it has a bunch of great barnacle stuff in it. Maybe one of the other members has it stashed somewhere... JOURNAL ARTICLE Revision of the Balanid Barnacle Genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the Description of a New Subfamily, Two New Genera, and Eight New Species Victor A. Zullo Memoir (The Paleontological Society) Vol. 27, Supplement to Vol. 66, no. 6 of the Journal of Paleontology (Nov., 1992), pp. 1-46 Published by: Paleontological Society Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1315604 Page Count: 48 Good luck with tracking it down... Regards, Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddingPaleo Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Thank you much! I'll look up that info today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It looks very similar to Balanus calidus to me. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 If in NC looks like Balanus calidus The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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