Melanopsis planoidea Aldrich, 1895
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Melanopsis planoidea Aldrich, 1895 |
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† Melanopsis planoidea Aldrich, 1895
Original source.
Aldrich 1895: 15, pl. 2, fig. 7.
Type horizon.
Early Eocene.
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“Gregg’s Landing, Alabama", United States.
Types.
Harris (1899: 77) designated a lectotype, which is stored in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, coll. no. 638788 ( Palmer and Brann 1966: 755).
Remarks.
Palmer and Brann (1966: 755) considered the taxon as a junior synonym of Melanopsis anita Aldrich, 1886. According to Allmon (1990: 63), neither of both species belongs to the Melanopsidae .
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