The Balanomorpha are a suborder of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The suborder contains these families:Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976Balanidae Leach, 1817Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854Coronulidae Leach, 1817Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903↑ ↑