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Melanella thersites

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Eulima thersites was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 11795, a shell.

It was recombined as Balcis (Vitreolina) thersites by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Balcis thersites by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Melanella thersites by Oldroyd (1925) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Eulima thersites Carpenter p. 659
1925Melanella thersites Oldroyd p. 13
1954Balcis (Vitreolina) ebriconus Berry
1954Balcis (Vitreolina) incallida Berry
1958Balcis (Vitreolina) thersites Valentine
1959Balcis thersites Kanakoff and Emerson p. 26
2021Melanella thersites Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusMelanellaBowdich 1822
speciesthersites(Carpenter 1864)

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 thersites Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Balcis (Vitreolina) ebriconus Berry 1954 [synonym], Balcis (Vitreolina) incallida Berry 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Melanella thersites (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Melanella thersites (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Balcis thersites (202496)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Balcis thersites (96590 96592)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Melanella thersites (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Balcis thersites (37933 37939 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Balcis thersites (202494 203113 203114) Balcis thersites, Balcis incallida, Balcis ebriconus (203118) Melanella thersites (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Balcis thersites (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Balcis thersites (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Balcis thersites (96566 160361)