Melanopsis princeps Lea, 1837
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Melanopsis princeps Lea, 1837 |
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Original source.
Lea 1837: 82, pl. 19, fig. 74.
Type locality.
"Cape of Good Hope", South Africa.
Remarks.
Type species of Faunopsis Gill, 1863. It was considered as a junior synonym of Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758), the type species of the genus Faunus Montfort, 1810 ( Pachychilidae ), by Starmühlner (1974: 132).
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