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Balcis monicensis

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Melanella (Melanella) monicensis was named by Bartsch (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 251301, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper San Pedro Series, Santa Monica Canyon, which is in a Pleistocene coastal siliciclastic in California.

It was recombined as Balcis monicensis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. berryi, B. gracilis, B. intermedia, B. kanaka, B. vitrea, Melanella colon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Melanella (Melanella) monicensis Bartsch p. 309 figs. pl. 36, fig. 2
2021Balcis monicensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusBalcisLeach 1847
speciesmonicensis()

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.

†Balcis monicensis Bartsch 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available