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Melanopsis praecursor Schütt, 1993 †
1260413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1260413)
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Schütt, H.; Ortal, R. (1993). A preliminary correlation between the plio-pleistocene malacofaunas of the Jordan Valley (Israel) and the Orontes Valley (Syria). <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 8(1): 69-112., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.1993.10637638
page(s): 93, pl. 2, fig. 30 [details]
page(s): 93, pl. 2, fig. 30 [details]
Holotype HUJ (no number)
, Note Gesher ("the type-locality of the Upper...
Holotype HUJ (no number) [details]
Type locality Gesher ("the type-locality of the Upper Pliocene sediments or the ’Erq el-Ahmar Formation in the Jordan Valley south of the Sea of Galilee"), Israel; Gelasian, early Pleistocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis praecursor Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1260413 on 2025-09-11
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Schütt, H.; Ortal, R. (1993). A preliminary correlation between the plio-pleistocene malacofaunas of the Jordan Valley (Israel) and the Orontes Valley (Syria). <em>Zoology in the Middle East.</em> 8(1): 69-112., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.1993.10637638
page(s): 93, pl. 2, fig. 30 [details]
basis of record Bandel, K.; Sivan, N.; Heller, J. (2007). <em>Melanopsis</em> from Al-Qarn, Jordan Valley (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 81(3): 304-315., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220615171620/http://www.paleoliste.de/bandel/bandel_2007c.pdf
page(s): 311 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 93, pl. 2, fig. 30 [details]
basis of record Bandel, K.; Sivan, N.; Heller, J. (2007). <em>Melanopsis</em> from Al-Qarn, Jordan Valley (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 81(3): 304-315., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220615171620/http://www.paleoliste.de/bandel/bandel_2007c.pdf
page(s): 311 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype HUJ (no number) [details]
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Type locality Gesher ("the type-locality of the Upper Pliocene sediments or the ’Erq el-Ahmar Formation in the Jordan Valley south of the Sea of Galilee"), Israel; Gelasian, early Pleistocene [details]
