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Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †
1263274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263274)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]
Note Laval-Saint-Roman, Gard, and Orgnac-l'Aven and...
Type locality Laval-Saint-Roman, Gard, and Orgnac-l'Aven and Orgnac-l'Aven (Massargues), Ardèche, France; middle Priabonian to early Rupelian, late Eocene to early Oligocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263274 on 2025-09-12
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Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]
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Type locality Laval-Saint-Roman, Gard, and Orgnac-l'Aven and Orgnac-l'Aven (Massargues), Ardèche, France; middle Priabonian to early Rupelian, late Eocene to early Oligocene [details]
