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and by the parietes having no spines or spiny projections. The parietes can be either rough or smooth, and they are sometimes slightly folded. The basal margin of the shell is either straight or slightly sinuous. The colour is a pale shade of reddish or bluish purple, sometimes streaked
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is of tropical origin, perhaps being native to West Africa and parts of the Indo-Pacific. It is common on both the eastern and western coasts of India. It has spread to other parts of the world attached to the hulls of ships. It was observed on ships' hulls in the
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are fertilized internally by sperm from another barnacle nearby and start to develop into larvae within a few days. These are
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312:Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum
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1161:Crustaceans described in 1758
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563:Journal of Crustacean Biology
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363:Like other acorn barnacles,
1166:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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300:Balanus tintinnabulum
268:Balanus tintinnabulum
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