Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Alternative combination: Melanella (Melanella) monicensis
Full reference: P. Bartsch. 1917. A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks. Proceedings of the US National Museum 53(2207):295-356
Belongs to Balcis according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Bartsch 1917
Sister taxa: Balcis (Balcis), Balcis (Vitreolina), Balcis beaufortensis, Balcis biconica, Balcis compacta, Balcis conchita, Balcis lutzi, Balcis micans, Balcis necropolitana, Balcis oldroydae, Balcis petrolia, Balcis tersa
Type specimen: USNM 251301, a shell. Its type locality is Upper San Pedro Series, Santa Monica Canyon, which is in a Pleistocene coastal siliciclastic in California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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