Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Alternative combination: Balcis kaiparaensis
Full reference: C. R. Laws. 1939. The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the royal Society of New Zealand 68(4):466-503
Belongs to Melanella according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Laws 1939
Sister taxa: Melanella (Melanella), Melanella (Polygyreulima), Melanella acuella, Melanella arnoldi, Melanella badenia, Melanella bolivarensis, Melanella coalingana, Melanella conoidea, Melanella dufresnei, Melanella eborea, Melanella fossilis, Melanella indicaformis, Melanella jacksonensis, Melanella jamaicensis, Melanella karsteni, Melanella migrans, Melanella seymourensis, Melanella thersites, Melanella waikomitica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour
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