Melanopsis (Canthidomus) bouei var. megacantha Handmann, 1887

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 172

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65EFA276-7345-4AC6-9B78-DBE7E98D6103

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3988ABF8-3F62-543C-9ED3-6C3F11C0336F

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scientific name

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) bouei var. megacantha Handmann, 1887
status

 

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) bouei var. megacantha Handmann, 1887

Original source.

Handmann 1887: 36, pl. 8, figs 13-15.

Type horizon.

Pannonian, zone B-D, late Miocene.

Type locality.

“Leobersdorf”, Austria.

Remarks.

Originally the gender was indicated as masculine (" megacanthus "), but Melanopsis is feminine, which is why the name must be corrected to " megacantha ".