A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) Author Neubauer, Thomas A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-9941 Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria thomas.neubauer@nhm-wien.ac.at text ZooKeys 2016 2016-07-05 602 1 358 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136 1313-2970-602-1 65EFA27673454AC69B78DBE7E98D6103 FFA86D39FFE2FFF3FF8AFFEBC209FFDE 126863 Melanopsis subaffinis Pallary, 1916 [invalid] Original source. Pallary 1916 : 82. Type horizon. Pannonian, zone D, late Miocene. Type locality. "Kottingbrunn [...] Ziegelei a" ( Handmann 1882 : 558), Austria. Remarks. Replacement name for the alleged junior homonym Melanopsis affinis Handmann, 1882, "non Ferussac , 1823". The latter name is, however, unavailable from Ferussac (1823) but was introduced validly by Pallary (1916) , who referred to an illustration in Ferussac (1823) (see discussion of Melanopsis affinis ). This makes Melanopsis subaffinis an objective synonym of Melanopsis affinis Handmann, 1882 and Melanopsis affinis Pallary, 1916 a junior homonym of Melanopsis affinis Handmann, 1882. Melanopsis subaffinis was considered as a junior synonym of Melanopsis bouei by Wenz (1929 : 2681).