A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) Neubauer, Thomas A. ZooKeys 2016 2016-07-05 602 1 358 C8FA6FC0-B1F6-7E53-3FE4-DEF425C5498D De Stefani, 1877 De Stefani 1877 Gastropoda Melanopsidae Melanopsis treatment-meta Animalia Melanopsis flammulata Sorbeoconcha 120 121 Mollusca species flammulata  Original source.  De Stefani 1877: 306, pl. 18, fig. 7.  Type horizon. Villafranchian, Plio-Pleistocene.  Type locality. "Monte Albuccio, [...] Valli della Pescaia, e del Riluogo [...] presso Siena; Castellacela presso Massa Marittima [...]; Colline di Piedimonte presso Terni nell'Umbria[...], tra S. Gemine e Carsoli sulla strada di Narni, e fra Otricoli e le Vigne sulla strada da Roma a Foligno?" [Monte Albuccio, Valli della Pescaia, Riluogo near Siena, Castellacela near Massa Marittima, Piedimonte hills near Terni in Umbria, between San Gemini and Carsoli on the road to Narni, and between Otricoli and Le Vigne], Italy.  Remarks.  Wenz (1929: 2663) considered the taxon as a junior synonym of "  Melanopsis antiqua Ferussac", which is not an available name.