Chirona

Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.^[1][2][3]

Chirona
Chirona hameri, Nova Scotia, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Family:	Balanidae
Subfamily:	Archaeobalaninae
Genus:	Chirona Gray, 1835

Species

These species belong to the genus Chirona:

• Chirona evermanni (Pilsbry, 1907)
• Chirona hameri (Ascanius, 1767)
• Chirona sublaevis (Sowerby, 1840)
• Chirona varians (Sowerby, 1846)
• † Chirona bimanicus (Withers, 1923)
• † Chirona unguiformis (Sowerby, 1846)