Melanopsis tinnyensis Wenz, 1919

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 279

† Melanopsis tinnyensis Wenz, 1919

Original source.

Wenz 1919a: 73.

Type horizon.

Middle Pannonian, late Miocene.

Type locality.

“Tinnye” ( Lörenthey 1902: 214), Hungary.

Remarks.

Replacement name for Melanopsis sinzowi Lörenthey, 1902, non Brusina, 1885. Papp (1953b: 145) considered the taxon as a junior synonym of Melanopsis rarispina Lörenthey, 1902. However, Papp (1953b) gave the older names Melanopsis bouei spinosa Handmann, 1882 and Melanopsis bouei ventricosa Handmann, 1882 in synonymy of Melanopsis rarispina . While ventricosa Handmann is a homonym of Melanopsis ventricosa Neumayr, 1880 and thus invalid, the name spinosa is available and has priority over rarispina .