Melanopsis subfusiformis Morris in Forbes, 1856

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 269

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65EFA276-7345-4AC6-9B78-DBE7E98D6103

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/079DFC91-4F75-D2A9-33C3-2EE6A7D600BD

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scientific name

Melanopsis subfusiformis Morris in Forbes, 1856
status

 

Melanopsis subfusiformis Morris in Forbes, 1856

Original source.

Forbes 1856: 155, pl. 6, figs 2-3.

Type horizon.

Headon Beds, Priabonian, Eocene.

Type locality.

"From the Headon series", United Kingdom.

Remarks.

The description was evidently performed by Morris (see bottom of p. 156 in Forbes 1856).