Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Balcis shoplandi (Melvill, 1898)

HKRMS name details

Balcis shoplandi (Melvill, 1898)

AphiaID

873982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:873982)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Parvioris shoplandi (Melvill, 1898)

Rank

Species

Parent

Balcis Leach, 1847 accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Eulima shoplandi Melvill, 1898

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 200, pl. 12, fig. 5. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Balcis shoplandi (Melvill, 1898). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873982 on 2026-07-13

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Balcis shoplandi (Melvill, 1898). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873982 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-04-19 07:17:12Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-02-05 02:58:04Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (3)

original description (of ) Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 200, pl. 12, fig. 5. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]

basis of record Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]