MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840 page(s): 83 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis costellata Douvillé, 1904 †) Douvillé, H. (1904). Mollusques fossiles. pp. 191-380, in: J. de Morgan (ed.) <i>Mission scientifique en Perse</i>. Tome 3, <i>Etudes géologiques</i>. Partie 4, <i>Paléontologie</i>. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k110553t/f1.item page(s): 327, pl. 46, figs 7-11 [details]
additional source
Douvillé, H. (1904). Mollusques fossiles. pp. 191-380, in: J. de Morgan (ed.) <i>Mission scientifique en Perse</i>. Tome 3, <i>Etudes géologiques</i>. Partie 4, <i>Paléontologie</i>. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k110553t/f1.item page(s): 327, pl. 46, figs 7-11 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Pallary (1916) introduced this name as replacement name for the junior homonym Melanopsis costellata Douvillé, 1904, non Férussac, 1823 [note that latter is invalid as objective junior synonym of M. cariosa (Linnaeus, 1767)]. [details]
Type locality Kūh-e Mapel ("Du versant oriental du Kouh Mapeul"), Lorestan, Iran; Maastrichtian, late Cretaceous [details]
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