Conchoderma
Genus of barnacles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conchoderma is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.
Conchoderma | |
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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 | |
Species[2] | |
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Synonyms | |
cochlea |
Notes
- 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.
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