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Melanella kaiparaensis
Taxonomy
Balcis kaiparaensis was named by Laws (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.
It was recombined as Melanella kaiparaensis by Beu et al. (1990).
It was recombined as Melanella kaiparaensis by Beu et al. (1990).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1939 | Balcis kaiparaensis Laws pp. 494 - 495 fig. 73 |
1990 | Melanella kaiparaensis Beu et al. p. 439 |
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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.
†Melanella kaiparaensis Laws 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |