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Melanella jamaicensis
Taxonomy
Eulima jamaicensis was named by Adams (1845). It is extant.
It was recombined as Balcis jamaicensis by Miller (1983); it was recombined as Melanella jamaicensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Balcis jamaicensis by Miller (1983); it was recombined as Melanella jamaicensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Eulima jamaicensis Adams |
| 1983 | Balcis jamaicensis Miller |
| 2008 | Melanella jamaicensis Hendy et al. |
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Melanella jamaicensis Adams 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Melanella intermedia (60988 60989) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Balcis intermedia (67069) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Melanella intermedia (66742) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (New York) | Melanella intermedia (81751) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Balcis jamaicensis (41936 92775) |