OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Eulimidae 

Balcis brunnimaculata Kay, 1979

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [Fig 56 F, G] Kay, E.A. 1979. p.160-161
Bernice P. Bishop Museum 9780 holotype a tide pool at Poipu Beach, Kauai
Australlian Museum paratype
BMNH paratype
USNM paratype

Keywords

habitat: coral reef [ (Kay1979) ]
habitat: tide pools [ (KAy1979) ]
substrate: rocks [ undersurfaces (Kay1979) ]

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.160-161 [ Fig 56 F, G ]  Type SpecAv
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.160-161 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Ptenoglossa
                      Eulimoidea
                        Eulimidae
                          Melanella Bowdich, 1822
                            Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
                              Balcis brunnimaculata Kay, 1979

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34464) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.