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Melania matheroni Roule, 1884 †
1262772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262772)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Roule, L. (1884). Description de quelques coquilles fossiles du calcaire lacustre de Rognac (Bouches-du-Rhône). <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 311-328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890948
page(s): 316-317, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 316-317, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
Note Coudoux (Moulin du Pont) ("Au Moulin-du-Pont...
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Type locality Coudoux (Moulin du Pont) ("Au Moulin-du-Pont près Veloux"), Bouches-du-Rhône, France; Begudien, middle Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
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Roule, L. (1884). Description de quelques coquilles fossiles du calcaire lacustre de Rognac (Bouches-du-Rhône). <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 311-328., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890948
page(s): 316-317, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
new combination reference Oppenheim, P. (1895). Beiträge zur Binnenfauna der provençalischen Kreide. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 42(6): 309-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33178635
page(s): 340 [details]
page(s): 316-317, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
new combination reference Oppenheim, P. (1895). Beiträge zur Binnenfauna der provençalischen Kreide. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 42(6): 309-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33178635
page(s): 340 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Oppenheim (1895) tentatively considered this species as a junior synonym of Pyrgulifera saginata (Vidal, 1874). [details]Type locality Coudoux (Moulin du Pont) ("Au Moulin-du-Pont près Veloux"), Bouches-du-Rhône, France; Begudien, middle Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
