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Melanopsis nodosa A. Férussac, 1822 †

1035736  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035736)

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Species
Melanopsis affinis Pallary, 1916 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis antiqua tuberosa De Stefani, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis cerullii Pallary, 1920 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis flammulata var. tuberosa De Stefani, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis irellii Pallary, 1920 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodicincta Pallary, 1920 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodosa Pecchioli, 1864 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodosa var. anodifera Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodosa var. ovoidalis Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodosa var. transiens Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis oomorpha De Stefani, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis semperi De Stefani, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis subtuberculata Pallary, 1916 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1819-1832). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. <em>J.-B. Bailliere, Paris.</em> Tome deuxième, première partie. Livraison 1: [3 pp. = dedication], i-xvi (= Préface) (6-III-1819); livr. 2: 1-16 (5-VI-1819); livr. 3: 17-56 (10-VII-1819); livr. 4: 57-72 (18-IX-1819); livr. 5: 73-96 (4-XII-1819); livr. 7: 97-128 (17-VI-1820); livr. 9: xvi pp. (= Explication des planches du premier volume) (6-IV-1821); livr. 17: v pp. (= Explication des planches supplémentaires et de celles qui ne font pas partie du premier volume) (2-XI-1822); livr. 19/21: 96a-z, 96α-λ (27-IX-1823); livr. 22/27: iv pp. (= Explication des planches des livraisons XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI et XXVII) (4-VIII-1832). – Paris (J.-B. Baillière). Note: continued by G.-P. Deshayes (1839-1851). Explication des planches not included in BHL copy., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52469779
page(s): "Mélanopsides fossiles", pl. 1 (1822), fig. 13 [details]   
Note "Entre Otricoli et le Vigne, route de Rome à...  
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Type locality "Entre Otricoli et le Vigne, route de Rome à Foligno" [between Otricoli and Le Vigne, at the road from Rome to Foligno], Italy. [details]
Taxonomic remark The name first appeared in 1822 on the captions for plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" in Férussac’s "Histoire...  
Taxonomic remark The name first appeared in 1822 on the captions for plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" in Férussac’s "Histoire naturelle". While Férussac (1823) included also recent specimens under that name in his monograph on the Melanopsidae, the only specimen illustrated in 1822 in the "Histoire naturelle" was a fossil one from the Villafranchian of Italy. This fact remained
widely unknown to biologists and paleontologists alike. The consequence, however, is that probably none of the specimens referred to as M. nodosa in the biological literature, which reports it from Anatolia and the Middle East, actually correspond to the real M. nodosa.
Fossil Italian specimens are often erroneously referred to as "Melanopsis affinis Férussac" or "M. antiqua Férussac" (Pallary 1916, Wenz 1929, Esu and Girotti 1975),
both of which are unavailable names. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis nodosa A. Férussac, 1822 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035736 on 2024-03-29
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original description Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1819-1832). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. <em>J.-B. Bailliere, Paris.</em> Tome deuxième, première partie. Livraison 1: [3 pp. = dedication], i-xvi (= Préface) (6-III-1819); livr. 2: 1-16 (5-VI-1819); livr. 3: 17-56 (10-VII-1819); livr. 4: 57-72 (18-IX-1819); livr. 5: 73-96 (4-XII-1819); livr. 7: 97-128 (17-VI-1820); livr. 9: xvi pp. (= Explication des planches du premier volume) (6-IV-1821); livr. 17: v pp. (= Explication des planches supplémentaires et de celles qui ne font pas partie du premier volume) (2-XI-1822); livr. 19/21: 96a-z, 96α-λ (27-IX-1823); livr. 22/27: iv pp. (= Explication des planches des livraisons XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI et XXVII) (4-VIII-1832). – Paris (J.-B. Baillière). Note: continued by G.-P. Deshayes (1839-1851). Explication des planches not included in BHL copy., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52469779
page(s): "Mélanopsides fossiles", pl. 1 (1822), fig. 13 [details]   

original description  (of Melanopsis semperi De Stefani, 1877 †) De Stefani, C. (1877). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi. <em>Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa.</em> 3(2): 274-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34891376
page(s): 310-311 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis oomorpha De Stefani, 1877 †) De Stefani, C. (1877). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi. <em>Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa.</em> 3(2): 274-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34891376
page(s): 309-310, pl. 18, fig. 8 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis affinis Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 82 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis flammulata var. tuberosa De Stefani, 1880 †) De Stefani, C. (1880). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi (continuazione). Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa. 5, 9-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36825211
page(s): 49, pl. 3, fig. 14 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis subtuberculata Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 78 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis cerullii Pallary, 1920 †) Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 110 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis nodosa var. transiens Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 †) Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 185, pl. 15 (47), figs 8, 9 [details]   

original description  (of Melanopsis irellii Pallary, 1920 †) Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 111 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis nodosa var. ovoidalis Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 †) Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 184, pl. 15 (47), figs 5, 6 [details]   

original description  (of Melanopsis nodosa var. anodifera Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 †) Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 185, pl. 15 (47), fig. 7 [details]   

original description  (of Melanopsis nodicincta Pallary, 1920 †) Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 111 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Melanopsis nodosa Pecchioli, 1864 †) Pecchioli, V. (1864). Descrizione di alcuni nuovi fossili delle argille subappennine toscane. <em>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali.</em> 6: 498-529, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39808344
page(s): 522, pl. 5, figs 19, 20 [details]   

additional source Prashad, B. (1921). Report on the freshwater gastropod molluscs of Lower Mesopotamia. Part III. - The families Neritidae, Hydrobiidae and Melaniidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 18(5) [Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidiary studies. Part V]: 215-227. Calcutta [29 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134343
page(s): 225 [details]   
 
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Taxonomic remark The name first appeared in 1822 on the captions for plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" in Férussac’s "Histoire naturelle". While Férussac (1823) included also recent specimens under that name in his monograph on the Melanopsidae, the only specimen illustrated in 1822 in the "Histoire naturelle" was a fossil one from the Villafranchian of Italy. This fact remained
widely unknown to biologists and paleontologists alike. The consequence, however, is that probably none of the specimens referred to as M. nodosa in the biological literature, which reports it from Anatolia and the Middle East, actually correspond to the real M. nodosa.
Fossil Italian specimens are often erroneously referred to as "Melanopsis affinis Férussac" or "M. antiqua Férussac" (Pallary 1916, Wenz 1929, Esu and Girotti 1975),
both of which are unavailable names. [details]

Type locality "Entre Otricoli et le Vigne, route de Rome à Foligno" [between Otricoli and Le Vigne, at the road from Rome to Foligno], Italy. [details]

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