Melanopsis praerosa [sic] var. decollata Paetel, 1888

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 96

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F80858AB-9BCD-5B6F-B7CD-75DBE4AA7841

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scientific name

Melanopsis praerosa [sic] var. decollata Paetel, 1888
status

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Melanopsis praerosa [sic] var. decollata Paetel, 1888 [invalid]

Original source.

Paetel 1888: 403.

Type locality.

“Persia” ( Nevill 1884: 209), Iran.

Remarks.

Originally introduced as infrasubspecific taxon ( “subvariety”) by Nevill (1884), but made available by Paetel (1888) who treated it as variety (Art. 45.5.1). Paetel clearly referred to the description of Nevill. Junior homonym of Melanopsis decollata Stoliczka, 1862.