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Answer for the clue "Type genus of the family Balanidae ", 7 letters:
balanus

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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea . This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary periods (age range: from 189.6 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus ...

Usage examples of balanus.

I have met with striking instances of the rule in the case of varieties intermediate between well-marked varieties in the genus Balanus.