original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
basis of record
Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl 13: 1-96.
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
ICZN. (1993). OPINION 1739. Strombiformis albus Da Costa, 1778 (currently Melanella (Balcis) alba; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50(3): 242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249670
note: Gender of Balcis given as feminine [details]
additional source
Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 215 [details]
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