Family Balanidae Leach 1817 (barnacle)
PaleoDB taxon number: 82260
Parent taxon: Chionolasmatoidea according to D. S. Jones 2007
Sister taxa: Archaeobalanidae, Chelonibiidae, Chionolasmatidae, Chthamalidae, Coronulidae, Platylepadidae
Subtaxa: Amphibalanus, Balaninae, Balanus, Concavinae, Creusiinae, Emersoninae, Fistulobalanus, Mclelanniinae, Megabalanus, Menesiniella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder