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Balcis

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy

Balcis was named by Leach (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Melanella (Balcis) by Bartsch (1917).

It was assigned to Melanella by Bartsch (1917); to Melanellidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Eulimidae by Addicott (1970), Woodring (1970), Hickman (1980), Ladd (1982), Wienrich (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

B. (Balcis), B. (Vitreolina), B. beaufortensis, B. biconica, B. compacta, B. conchita, B. lutzi, B. micans, B. monicensis, B. necropolitana, B. oldroydae, B. petrolia, B. tersa

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. berryi, B. gracilis, B. intermedia, B. kanaka, B. vitrea, Melanella colon

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Balcis Leach p. 271
1917	Melanella (Balcis) Bartsch p. 319
1970	Balcis Addicott p. 57
1970	Balcis Woodring p. 327
1980	Balcis Hickman p. 32
1982	Balcis Ladd p. 55
1987	Balcis Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
2001	Balcis Wienrich p. 462
2002	Balcis Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Vanikoroidea	Gray 1840
family	Eulimidae	Philippi 1853
genus	Balcis	Leach 1847

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.

G. Balcis Leach 1847

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Subg. Balcis (Balcis) Leach 1847

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†Balcis (Balcis) aulaca Woodring 1970

†Balcis (Balcis) cetia Woodring 1970

Balcis (Balcis) clavella Berry 1954

†Balcis (Balcis) jacululum Maury 1917

†Balcis (Balcis) lipara Woodring 1970

Subg. Balcis (Vitreolina) Monterosato 1884

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Vitreolina arcuata Adams 1850