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Balea J. E. Gray, 1824

Switzerland: Bolligen, Stockeren, BE; NMBE 19332 Shell height: 8.24 mm Photo: Estée Bochud, NMBE  

996074  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996074)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Clausilioidei (Infraorder)
  12. Clausilioidea (Superfamily)
  13. Clausiliidae (Family)
  14. Clausiliinae (Subfamily)
  15. Baleini (Tribe)
  16. Balea (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Turbo perversus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Balea (Balcanobalea) H. Nordsieck, 2021 · alternative representation
Balea (Balea) J. E. Gray, 1824 · alternative representation
Balea (Baleastra) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Balea (Tristania) O. Boettger, 1878 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Balia Bourguignat, 1858 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)  
invalid: unjustified emendation of Balea
Clausilia (Balea) J. E. Gray, 1824 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Balea costellata (Odhner, 1960)
  2. Species Balea costigera (Odhner, 1960)
  3. Species Balea eninskoensis Irikov, 2006
  4. Species Balea flavida (Odhner, 1960)
  5. Species Balea goughensis (Odhner, 1960)
  6. Species Balea heydeni Maltzan, 1881
  7. Species Balea holdgatei Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003
  8. Species Balea kaeufeli (R. A. Brandt, 1962)
  9. Species Balea levior (Odhner, 1960)
  10. Species Balea nitida Mousson, 1858
  11. Species Balea pancici Pavlović, 1912
  12. Species Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  13. Species Balea swalesi Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003
  14. Species Balea tristensis J. E. Gray, 1824
  15. Species Balea ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824
  16. Subgenus Balea (Alinda) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Alinda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
    1. Species Balea (Alinda) biplicata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Alinda (Alinda) biplicata (Montagu, 1803) represented as Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded generic combination)
  17. Subgenus Balea (Baleastra) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 accepted as Balea J. E. Gray, 1824 (objective synonym)
  18. Subgenus Balea (Baleoclausilia) E. A. Bielz, 1861 accepted as Alopia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Subgenus Balea (Pseudalinda) O. Boettger, 1877 accepted as Alinda (Pseudalinda) O. Boettger, 1877 represented as Alinda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Balea (Pseudalinda) fallax (Rossmässler, 1836) accepted as Pseudalinda fallax (Rossmässler, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Balea (Pseudalinda) nordsiecki Dedov & Neubert, 2002 accepted as Pseudalinda nordsiecki (Dedov & Neubert, 2002) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original name)
    3. Species Balea (Pseudalinda) stabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) accepted as Pseudalinda stabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Subgenus Balea (Temesa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Temesa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Subgenus Balea (Tristania) O. Boettger, 1878 accepted as Tristania O. Boettger, 1878 accepted as Balea J. E. Gray, 1824 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  22. Species Balea africana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899 accepted as Macroptychia africana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) (original combination)
  23. Species Balea antiqua Klebs, 1886 † accepted as Laminifera antiqua (Klebs, 1886) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Balea australis Forbes, 1852 accepted as Coelocion australis (Forbes, 1852) (original combination)
  25. Species Balea biplicata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Alinda (Alinda) biplicata (Montagu, 1803) represented as Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1803)
  26. Species Balea canteroiana L. Pfeiffer, 1857 accepted as Cryptelasmus canteroiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination)
  27. Species Balea cyclostoma E. A. Bielz, 1858 accepted as Alopia pomatias (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)
  28. Species Balea dohrniana G. Nevill, 1881 accepted as Parabalea dohrniana (G. Nevill, 1881) (original combination)
  29. Species Balea dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853 accepted as Pseudobalea dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) (original combination)
  30. Species Balea glauca E. A. Bielz, 1853 accepted as Alopia glauca (E. A. Bielz, 1853) (original combination)
  31. Species Balea glorifica (Charpentier, 1852) accepted as Alopia glorifica (Charpentier, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Balea haueri E. A. Bielz, 1859 accepted as Alopia canescens haueri (E. A. Bielz, 1859) (original combination)
  33. Species Balea livida (Menke, 1828) accepted as Alopia livida (Menke, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Balea newcombi L. Pfeiffer, 1854 accepted as Auriculella newcombi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Balea peregrina A. Gould, 1847 accepted as Parabalea peregrina (A. Gould, 1847) (original combination)
  36. Species Balea peruviana L. Pfeiffer, 1867 accepted as Parabalea peruviana (L. Pfeiffer, 1867) (original combination)
  37. Species Balea peruviana R. A. Philippi, 1867 accepted as Exbalea peruviana (R. A. Philippi, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Balea pyrenaica Bourguignat, 1858 accepted as Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Balea serbiana Welter-Schultes, 2012 accepted as Alinda golesnicensis serbiana (Welter-Schultes, 2012) accepted as Pseudalinda golesnicensis serbiana (Welter-Schultes, 2012) (original combination)
  40. Species Balea serbica (Möllendorff, 1873) accepted as Strigillaria serbica (Möllendorff, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Balea turrita (Anton, 1838) accepted as Strobilus turritus (Anton, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Balea variegata A. Adams, 1868 accepted as Reinia variegata (A. Adams, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Balea wagneri (A. J. Wagner, 1911) accepted as Alinda wagneri (A. J. Wagner, 1911) (chresonym)
  44. Subgenus Balea (Balcanobalea) H. Nordsieck, 2021 represented as Balea J. E. Gray, 1824
    1. Species Balea (Balcanobalea) eninskoensis Irikov, 2006 represented as Balea eninskoensis Irikov, 2006
    2. Species Balea (Balcanobalea) kaeufeli (R. A. Brandt, 1962) represented as Balea kaeufeli (R. A. Brandt, 1962)
  45. Subgenus Balea (Balea) J. E. Gray, 1824 represented as Balea J. E. Gray, 1824
    1. Species Balea (Balea) costellata (Odhner, 1960) accepted as Balea costellata (Odhner, 1960) (no subgenera are recognized)
    2. Species Balea (Balea) costigera (Odhner, 1960) accepted as Balea costigera (Odhner, 1960) (no subgenera are recognized)
    3. Species Balea (Balea) flavida (Odhner, 1960) accepted as Balea flavida (Odhner, 1960) (no subgenera are recognized)
    4. Species Balea (Balea) goughensis (Odhner, 1960) accepted as Balea goughensis (Odhner, 1960) (no subgenera are recognized)
    5. Species Balea (Balea) heydeni Maltzan, 1881 accepted as Balea heydeni Maltzan, 1881
    6. Species Balea (Balea) holdgatei Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003 accepted as Balea holdgatei Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003 (no subgenera are recognized)
    7. Species Balea (Balea) levior (Odhner, 1960) accepted as Balea levior (Odhner, 1960) (no subgenera are recognized)
    8. Species Balea (Balea) perversa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)
    9. Species Balea (Balea) swalesi Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003 accepted as Balea swalesi Preece & E. Gittenberger, 2003 (no subgenera are recognized)
    10. Species Balea (Balea) tristensis Gray, 1824 accepted as Balea tristensis J. E. Gray, 1824 (no subgenera are recognized)
    11. Species Balea (Balea) ventricosa Gray, 1824 accepted as Balea ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824 (no subgenera are recognized)
  46. Species Balea funcki L. Pfeiffer, 1848 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  47. Species Balea sarsii R. A. Philippi, 1847 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1824). On <i>Balea</i>. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 1 (1): 61-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570788
note: name attributed by Gray to Prideaux MS. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Balea J. E. Gray, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996074 on 2025-05-15
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2017-06-15 07:29:09Z
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Bank, Ruud
2019-11-19 20:58:44Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2020-12-12 03:18:55Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2024-07-05 15:47:17Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1824). On <i>Balea</i>. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 1 (1): 61-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570788
note: name attributed by Gray to Prideaux MS. [details] 

original description (of Balea (Baleastra) L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1855-1856). Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(3): 112 [≥ September 1855]; 2(4): 113–144 [December 1855]; 2(5) (“1855”): 145–185 [January 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 179 [details] 

original description (of Tristania O. Boettger, 1878) Boettger, O. (1878). Systematisches Verzeichniss der lebenden Arten der Landschnecken-Gattung Clausilia Drap. mit ausführlicher Angabe der geographischen Verbreitung der einzelnen Species. <em>Bericht über die Täthigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde.</em> 17/18: 18-101. Offenbach am Main.
page(s): 19 [details] 

original description (of Balia Bourguignat, 1858) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1858). Aménités Malacologiques, LXVII. Sur le genre <i>Balia</i>. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 9(5): 548-560, pl. 17. [., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13712684
page(s): 66 [details] 

original description (of Balea (Balcanobalea) H. Nordsieck, 2021) Nordsieck, H. (2021). Two new species taxa of Baleini revealed by gentical examination, with description of a new subgenus of <i>Balea</i> (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Clausiliidae). <em>Conchylia.</em> 52(1-2): 31-36.
page(s): 33 [details] 

original description (of Balea (Tristania) O. Boettger, 1878) Boettger, O. (1878). Systematisches Verzeichniss der lebenden Arten der Landschnecken-Gattung Clausilia Drap. mit ausführlicher Angabe der geographischen Verbreitung der einzelnen Species. <em>Bericht über die Täthigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde.</em> 17/18: 18-101. Offenbach am Main.
page(s): 19; note: as "Gruppe" of Clausilia (Balea) [details] 

basis of record Schileyko, A. A. (2000). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 5. Clausiliidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 565-729. Moskva [May].
page(s): 721 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 4 [details] 

additional source Likharev, I.M. (1962). Klauziliidy (Clausiliidae). In: . Fauna SSSR, Molljuski, III, 4 [= N.S. 83]: 1-317. Moskva/Leningrad (Izdatelstvo Akademii Nauk SSSR) [20 June]. [in Russian].
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balea) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tristania) (from synonym Tristania O. Boettger, 1878)
To Genbank (from synonym Tristania O. Boettger, 1878)
From editor or global species database
Switzerland: Bolligen, Stockeren, BE; NMBE 19332 Shell height: 8.24 mm Photo: Estée Bochud, NMBE  
Image from typetaxon
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Balea perversa
Balea perversa
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