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Melanopsis lyra Matheron, 1843 †
1262491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262491)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 293, pl. 37, figs 8-10 [details]
page(s): 293, pl. 37, figs 8-10 [details]
Note Martigues ("Les Martigues"),...
Type locality Martigues ("Les Martigues"), Bouches-du-Rhône, France; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
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Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 293, pl. 37, figs 8-10 [details]
page(s): 293, pl. 37, figs 8-10 [details]
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Type locality Martigues ("Les Martigues"), Bouches-du-Rhône, France; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
