Melanopsis antiqua Pallary, 1916

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 39

† Melanopsis antiqua Pallary, 1916

Original source.

Pallary 1916: 78.

Type horizon.

Late Villafranchian, Pleistocene.

Type locality.

“D’Italie” ( Férussac 1823 had given the locality more precisely as "entre St.-Germini et Carsoli" [between San Gemini and Carsoli, Italy]).

Remarks.

The name " Melanopsis antiqua Férussac, 1823 has been used as valid name by several authors, but obviously was not intended as species-group name by Férussac (1823). The name became available from Pallary (1916) who associated the name with an illustration in Férussac (1823: pl. 8, fig. 2). See introduction for detailed discussion about the names used by Férussac (1823).