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Melanopsis brownii Etheridge, 1879 †
1064625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1064625)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
fossil only
Etheridge, R. (1879). Notes on the Mollusca collected by C. Barrington Brown, Esq., A.R.S.M., from the Tertiary Deposits of Solimões and Javary Rivers, Brazil. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 35: 82-88., available online at https://archive.org/stream/quarterlyjourna351879geol#page/82/mode/2up
page(s): 87, pl. 7, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 87, pl. 7, fig. 4 [details]
Note Canama, at the Javary river, Peru
Type locality Canama, at the Javary river, Peru [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis brownii Etheridge, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1064625 on 2025-09-11
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Etheridge, R. (1879). Notes on the Mollusca collected by C. Barrington Brown, Esq., A.R.S.M., from the Tertiary Deposits of Solimões and Javary Rivers, Brazil. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 35: 82-88., available online at https://archive.org/stream/quarterlyjourna351879geol#page/82/mode/2up
page(s): 87, pl. 7, fig. 4 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 190-191, figs 237-238; note: misspelt as "browni" [details]
page(s): 87, pl. 7, fig. 4 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 190-191, figs 237-238; note: misspelt as "browni" [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canama, at the Javary river, Peru [details]
