AfReMaS name details
Balcis Leach, 1847
205837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205837)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Balcis acuta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Hypermastus acutus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Species Balcis cumingii (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Balcis Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205837 on 2025-03-30
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Balcis Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205837 on 2025-03-30
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2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl 13: 1-96.
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICZN. (1993). OPINION 1739. Strombiformis albus Da Costa, 1778 (currently Melanella (Balcis) alba; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50(3): 242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249670
note: Gender of Balcis given as feminine [details]
additional source Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 215 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl 13: 1-96.
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICZN. (1993). OPINION 1739. Strombiformis albus Da Costa, 1778 (currently Melanella (Balcis) alba; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50(3): 242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249670
note: Gender of Balcis given as feminine [details]
additional source Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 215 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
