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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanella Bowdich 1822
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Melanella
Recognized by Moorea Biocode
Balcis
Genus recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems
Melanella
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia NL, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Bermuda Species List, Belgium Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Cyprus Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mauritius Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Reunion Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Samoa Species List, Singapore Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tunisia Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, Femorale, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Shelled animal body mass, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Melanella Wade 1911
Genus recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Alternative Names

Balcis Leach ex Gray 1847
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Eulima subgen. Balcis Leach 1847
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Melanella subgen. Balcis Leach 1847
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Balcis badenia (Laws 1939)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Melanella Bowdich, 1822)
Balcis solidula (A. Adams & Reeve 1849)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Balcis Gray, 1847)
Cuspeulima fasciata (R. B. Watson 1883)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Eulima Risso, 1826)
Eulima fasciata (Renieri MS & Brocchi 1814)
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Eulima oleacea Kurtz & Stimpson 1851
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Eulima bifasciata d'Orbigny, 1841)
Eulima polita (Linnaeus 1758)
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Eulimella compactilis Locard 1891
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Melanella acrifa Bartsch 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melanella opalina (de Folin 1867)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melanella opalina (J.T.Marshall, 1901))
Vitreolina alayoi (Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2001)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884,1884)
Vitreolina maracuya (Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2001)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884,1884)
? fasciata R.B.Watson, 1883
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Eulimidae)
? gracilis C.B.Adams, 1850
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Eulimidae)
Balcis
Harvest ancestor according to Paleobiology Database and Global Biotic Interactions
Balcis Leach ex Gray 1847
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Eulima subgen. Balcis Leach 1847
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Melanella subgen. Balcis Leach 1847
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Melanella subgen. Melanella
Harvest ancestor according to iDigBio type specimen records

Common Names

Chinese

光螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

光螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

光螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

光螺屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Melanella Bowdich 1822

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Vanikoroidea Gray 1840
Eulimidae Philippi 1853
Melanella Bowdich 1822 (this page)
6 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda L. R. Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Vanikoroidea Gray 1840
Eulimidae Philippi 1853
Melanella Bowdich 1822 (this page)
10 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Melanella Wade 1911 (this page)
1447 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Vanikoroidea Gray 1840
Eulimidae Philippi 1853
Melanella Bowdich 1822 (this page)
6 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Vanikoroidea
Eulimidae
Melanella (this page)
4 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Eulimidae
Melanella Bowdich 1822 (this page)
15 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Littorinida
Rissoidina
Eulimoidea Philippi 1853
Eulimidae Philippi 1853

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neotaenioglossa
Eulimidae
Melanella (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Eulimidae
Melanella (this page)
117 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.