MolluscaBase name details
original description
Stoliczka, F. (1860). Über eine der Kreideformation angehörige Süsswasserbildung in den nordöstlichen Alpen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 38: 482-496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6440094 page(s): 487-488, pl. 1, figs 6-9 [details]
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Additional information First mentioned as nomen nudum by Pichler (1856; as "Melanopsis Pichleri Hörn."); described in Stoliczka (1860), but not considered a Melanopsidae there or later (see, e.g., Yen, 1958). [details]
Type locality Brandenberg (Brandenberger Ache), Tyrol; Rußbach am Pass Gschütt (Neualm), Styria; Abtenau, Salzburg; St. Gallen, Styria ("Brandenberger Ache, Neualpe im Russbachthal, Abtenau, St. Gallen"), Austria; late Turonian to Santonian, late Cretaceous [details]
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