A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) Neubauer, Thomas A. ZooKeys 2016 2016-07-05 602 1 358 A40F0DCA-7C92-18F4-BD2E-96B208BFBDBE Matheron, 1842 Matheron 1842 Gastropoda Melanopsidae Melanopsis treatment-meta Animalia Melanopsis turricula Sorbeoconcha 286 287 Mollusca species turricula  Original source.  Matheron 1842: 294, pl. 37, figs 15-16.  Type horizon. Early Campanian, Cretaceous.  Type locality. Not stated after the description, as Matheron used to do it for the other species. Although he did not denote an exact locality, he mentioned earlier in text the occurrence of the species in deposits situated "vers Vitrolles et Martigues" (p. 148-149) [towards Vitrolles and Martigues, France].