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Pyrgoma

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgoma was named by Leach (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Pyrgomatidae, Pyrgomatinae.

It was assigned to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pyrgomatidae by Jones (2007); and to Pyrgomatinae by Chan et al. (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Pyrgoma Leach
2002Pyrgoma Sepkoski
2007Pyrgoma Jones p. 294
2021Pyrgoma Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyPyrgomatidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPyrgomatinaeGray 1825
genusPyrgomaLeach 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pyrgoma Leach 1817
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Pyrgoma cretacea Woodward 1869
Pyrgoma preftoridanum Brooks and Ross 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Austria P. costatum (124259)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji P. sp. (68330)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) P. preftoridanum (35025)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. sp. (96538)