African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Balcis cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)

AfReMaS name details

Balcis cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)

AphiaID

208406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208406)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)

Rank

Species

Parent

Balcis Leach, 1847 accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Eulima cumingii A. Adams, 1854

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Eulima cumingii A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 277 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Balcis cumingii (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208406 on 2025-05-11

Regional species database citation

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 cumingii (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208406 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-14 07:36:09Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2010-11-05 19:28:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-07-23 09:55:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-09 08:09:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-04-24 16:24:11Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-10-20 18:46:28Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

original description (of Eulima cumingii A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 277 [details]

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. xviii + 653 pp., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/sp64-4.pdf
page(s): 161 [details]

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