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Balcis oldroydae

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Melanella (Melanella) oldroydi was named by Bartsch (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 109641, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Balcis oldroydi by Burch (1944); it was recombined as Balcis oldroydae 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) oldroydi Bartsch p. 309 figs. pl. 36, figs. 5-7
1944Balcis oldroydi Burch
2021Balcis oldroydae 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
speciesoldroydae()

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 oldroydae Bartsch 1917
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Balcis oldroydi (203118) Melanella oldroydi, Eulima hastata (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Balcis oldroydi (96566 160361 222950) Melanella oldroydi (59063 222679) Melanella oldroydi, Eulima hastata (222660)