Conchoderma

Conchoderma is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.

Conchoderma
Illustration of Conchoderma auritum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Scalpellomorpha
Family:	Lepadidae
Genus:	Conchoderma von Olfers, 1817[1]
Type species
Lepas aurita Linnaeus, 1767
Species[2]
Conchoderma auritum (Linnaeus, 1767)[Note 1] Conchoderma chelonophilum (Leach, 1818) Conchoderma indicum Daniel, 1953 Conchoderma virgatum Spengler, 1789
Synonyms
cochlea

Notes

1. The authority for Conchoderma auritum is correctly "(Linnaeus, 1767)",^[3][4][5] but is often given as "(Linnaeus, 1758)"; the species dates from the 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae (as "Lepas aurita"), and does not appear in the 1758 10th edition.

References

1. Von Olfers, F. (1814). Ueber die Linneischen Gattungen Chiton und Lepas. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesammten Naturkunde. 8(3): 163-178. page(s): 177
2. WoRMS (2019). Conchoderma von Olfers, 1814. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106085 on 2019-06-03
3. Ljubimka Igić (2007). "Cirripedia of Adriatic" (PDF). Studia Marina. 24 (2): 1–168.
4. "Lepas aurita". Catalogue of Life, China: 2010 Annual Checklist. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
5. L. S. Jennings (1918). "Revision of the Cirripedia of New Zealand" (PDF). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 50: 56–63.

Further reading

• Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939). Nomenclator Zoologicus Online. [print version]., available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.