Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Alternative combination: Melanella (Balcis) arnoldi
Full reference: P. Bartsch. 1917. A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks. Proceedings of the US National Museum 53(2207):295-356
Belongs to Melanella according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Bartsch 1917
Sister taxa: Melanella (Melanella), Melanella (Polygyreulima), Melanella acuella, Melanella badenia, Melanella bolivarensis, Melanella coalingana, Melanella conoidea, Melanella dufresnei, Melanella eborea, Melanella fossilis, Melanella indicaformis, Melanella jacksonensis, Melanella jamaicensis, Melanella kaiparaensis, Melanella karsteni, Melanella migrans, Melanella seymourensis, Melanella thersites, Melanella waikomitica
Type specimen: USNM 215765, a shell. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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