﻿GASTROPODA 
  195 
  

  

  Balcis 
  micans 
  (Carpenter) 
  

  

  Etdima 
  micans 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  603, 
  613, 
  659, 
  683; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  89, 
  99, 
  145, 
  169; 
  

   1865 
  Aug., 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  63 
  ; 
  Reeve 
  1865, 
  Dec, 
  Conch. 
  

   Icon., 
  vol. 
  15 
  Eulima, 
  pi. 
  IV, 
  fig. 
  ii; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geo!. 
  Sur. 
  Califor- 
  

   nia, 
  p. 
  34; 
  1870, 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  66; 
  Tryon, 
  1886, 
  Man. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VIII, 
  

   p. 
  272, 
  pi. 
  69; 
  figs. 
  29, 
  30; 
  Williamson, 
  1892, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  XV, 
  no. 
  898, 
  

   p. 
  209; 
  Vanatta, 
  1899, 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  51, 
  p. 
  256, 
  pi. 
  XI, 
  figs. 
  

   1, 
  2; 
  Arnold, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  269, 
  pi. 
  IX, 
  fig. 
  12 
  

  

  MclancUa 
  (Mehuclla) 
  uiicaus 
  (Carpenter), 
  Bartsch, 
  1917, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  53, 
  

   no. 
  2207, 
  p. 
  303, 
  pi. 
  34. 
  figs. 
  1-6 
  (6 
  = 
  type) 
  

  

  Melanella 
  micans 
  (Carpenter), 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  118 
  section 
  Eulima; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1927, 
  vol. 
  II, 
  

   pt. 
  II, 
  p. 
  74 
  section 
  Eulima; 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  1931, 
  p. 
  863 
  section 
  Eulima; 
  Keen, 
  1937, 
  

   p. 
  40 
  

  

  Melanella 
  (Eulima) 
  micans 
  (Carpenter), 
  Daily, 
  1935, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Shells 
  (Keep), 
  p. 
  181, 
  

   fig. 
  154 
  

  

  Balcis 
  micans 
  (Carpenter), 
  Burch, 
  1945, 
  no. 
  53, 
  p. 
  6, 
  8, 
  10; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  192; 
  Berry, 
  1954, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Paleont, 
  vol. 
  

   35, 
  no. 
  151, 
  p. 
  4 
  

  

  "S. 
  Diego, 
  Cat. 
  Is., 
  30-40 
  fin. 
  (Also 
  Paget 
  Sound, 
  Kcnncrlcy.)" 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  613] 
  

   "Perhaps 
  a 
  small 
  var. 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  poUta. 
  30-40 
  fm. 
  living. 
  Cp." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  

   659] 
  

  

  A 
  republication 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  (1865) 
  was 
  included 
  by 
  Oldroyd 
  (1927). 
  The 
  

   following 
  changes 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  her 
  copy 
  : 
  

   Delete 
  "poll." 
  

   Add: 
  

  

  ". 
  . 
  . 
  div. 
  25°. 
  

  

  "Hab. 
  In 
  sinu 
  Pugetiano 
  specimen 
  juniore 
  Kennerley. 
  Juxta 
  Neeah 
  Bay 
  idem 
  legerunt 
  

   Swannii 
  Indianuli. 
  Plurimos 
  adultos 
  viventes 
  inter 
  S. 
  Pedronem 
  et 
  S. 
  Diegonem, 
  in 
  insula 
  

   quoque 
  Catalinam 
  piscavit 
  Cooper. 
  

  

  "An 
  Eu. 
  politae 
  varietas 
  Pacifica?" 
  [Carpenter, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  63] 
  

  

  Bartsch 
  gave 
  a 
  thorough 
  discussion 
  and 
  figured 
  the 
  holotype 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  type 
  was 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Cooper 
  at 
  San 
  Pedro. 
  

  

  Dimensions. 
  — 
  Length 
  9.5 
  mm.; 
  diameter 
  3 
  mm. 
  (holotype, 
  Bartsch) 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Aluseum, 
  no. 
  14850 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Recent. 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  California 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  British 
  Columbia. 
  

   to 
  Point 
  Abreojos 
  Lower 
  California 
  (Dall). 
  Pleistocene. 
  California 
  (Cooper, 
  1888; 
  Arnold; 
  

   Grant 
  and 
  Gale; 
  Willett, 
  1937; 
  Berry, 
  1954); 
  Mexico 
  (Jordan, 
  1926) 
  

  

  Balcis 
  rutila 
  (Carpenter) 
  

  

  Eulim-a. 
  rutila 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  613. 
  659; 
  Reprint. 
  1872, 
  p. 
  99, 
  145; 
  1866, 
  Feb., 
  California 
  

   Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  Ill, 
  p. 
  221 
  ; 
  Reeve, 
  1866, 
  March, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  Eulima, 
  vol. 
  15, 
  pi. 
  

   V, 
  fig. 
  2)7; 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  AIoll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  34; 
  1870, 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  

   Conch., 
  vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  67; 
  Tryon, 
  1886, 
  Alan. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  VIII, 
  p. 
  279, 
  pi. 
  70, 
  fig. 
  68 
  copv 
  

   Reevtl 
  ; 
  Vanatta, 
  1899, 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci., 
  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  51, 
  p. 
  257, 
  pi. 
  XI, 
  figs. 
  

   5, 
  6 
  

  

  Melanella 
  (Melanella) 
  rutila 
  (Carpenter), 
  Bartsch, 
  1917, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  53, 
  

   no. 
  2207, 
  p. 
  306, 
  pi. 
  35, 
  figs. 
  2 
  (type), 
  3, 
  6 
  

  

  Melanella 
  rutila 
  (Carpenter), 
  Oldroyd, 
  1924, 
  Pub. 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  Biol. 
  Station, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  109 
  

  

  Melanella 
  rutila 
  (Carpenter), 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  118 
  section 
  Eulima 
  Oldroyd, 
  1927, 
  vol. 
  II, 
  pt. 
  II, 
  

   p. 
  75, 
  pi. 
  46, 
  figs. 
  2 
  (type), 
  3, 
  6 
  copy 
  Bartsch, 
  1917, 
  section 
  Eulima; 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  

   1931, 
  p. 
  863; 
  Baily, 
  1935, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Shells 
  (Keep), 
  p. 
  182 
  subgenus 
  Etdima; 
  Keen, 
  

   1937, 
  p. 
  40 
  

  

  Balcis 
  rutila 
  (Carpenter), 
  Bl'rch, 
  1945, 
  no. 
  53, 
  p. 
  6, 
  8, 
  10; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  XXVI, 
  p. 
  192; 
  Berry, 
  1954, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Paleont., 
  vol. 
  

   35, 
  no. 
  151, 
  p. 
  4 
  

  

  "Leiostracoid, 
  rosy, 
  base 
  lengthened. 
  Like 
  producta, 
  Maz. 
  Cat. 
  no. 
  551." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  

   p. 
  659] 
  

  

  Oldroyd 
  (1927) 
  republished 
  Carpenter's 
  description 
  (1866). 
  The 
  following 
  changes 
  

   should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  her 
  copy 
  : 
  

  

  