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Balcis micans (shining balcis)

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Eulima micans was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Melanella (Melanella) micans by Bartsch (1917); it was recombined as Melanella micans by Bruff (1946); it was recombined as Balcis micans by Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Hall (2002), 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
1864Eulima micans Carpenter p. 659
1903Eulima micans Arnold p. 269
1917Melanella (Melanella) micans Bartsch p. 303
1946Melanella micans Bruff p. 233
1950Balcis micans Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
2002Balcis micans Hall pp. table A15
2021Balcis micans 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
speciesmicans(Carpenter 1864)

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 micans Carpenter 1864 [shining balcis]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Balcis micans (189765)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Melanella micans (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Balcis micans (202494 203118 223329) Melanella micans (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Eulima micans (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Balcis micans (37673 96566 160361 219029 219030 222950) Eulima micans (222661 222662) Melanella micans (59063 96895 222659 222660 226458 240609 240612)