MolluscaBase - Melanopsis thomasi Tournouër, 1877 †

MolluscaBase taxon details

Melanopsis thomasi Tournouër, 1877 †

AphiaID

1035585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035585)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Smendovia Tournouër, 1882 †

Parent

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melanopsis thomasi Tournouër, 1877 †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Tournouër, R. (1877). Description d'une nouvelle espèce fossile de Melanopside, provenant des terrains tertiaires supérieurs de la province de Constantine. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 25: 275-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16223514
page(s): 275 [details]

Type data

Note "Smendou" [Zighoud Youcef], Algeria, Zighoud...

Type locality "Smendou" [Zighoud Youcef], Algeria [details]

Type locality Zighoud Youcef ("in loco 'Smendou'"), Constantine, Algeria; late Pannonian, late Miocene to early Pliocene [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis thomasi Tournouër, 1877 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035585 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-09-15 18:15:18Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Tournouër, R. (1877). Description d'une nouvelle espèce fossile de Melanopside, provenant des terrains tertiaires supérieurs de la province de Constantine. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 25: 275-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16223514
page(s): 275 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality "Smendou" [Zighoud Youcef], Algeria [details]

Type locality Zighoud Youcef ("in loco 'Smendou'"), Constantine, Algeria; late Pannonian, late Miocene to early Pliocene [details]