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Balanus

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 have been found all over the world.

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