A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea)
Neubauer, Thomas A.
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Matheron, 1842
Matheron
1842
Gastropoda
Melanopsidae
Melanopsis
treatment-meta
Animalia
Melanopsis turricula
Sorbeoconcha
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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].