MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Robles, F. (1975). El género "Melanopsis" Férussac en el Neógeno continental de la cuenca del río Júcar (1.a nota). <em>Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Vol. Extraordinario Primer Centenario (1971).</em> 1, 357-369. page(s): 360, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Martínez López, F.; Pujante Mora, A. M.; Tapia Ortega, G. (1993). Sobre la Malacofauna del Río Júcar: importancia de los Gastropoda como hospedadores intermediarios de Tremamotos digenea. <em>Al-Basit: Revista de estudios albacetenses.</em> 32: 169-211., available online at http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/1325593.pdf page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Fuente del Viso, Albacete, Spain; Messinian to Piacenzian ('Melanopsis bed', mammal zone MN 13-15), late Miocene to Pliocene [details]
Validity Intended as replacement name for "M. marteliana Robles, 1970 (in litt."), non M. marteli Pallary, 1920", but neither is the former name available nor is there a homonymy issue. The species is still validly described. [details]
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