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Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853
1287744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287744)
accepted
Species
Melanopsis hiera Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Melanopsis jebusitica Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
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Bourguignat, J.-R. (1853). Catalogue raisonné des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. F. de Saulcy pendant son voyage en Orient. <em>In: F. de Saulcy, Voyage autour de la Mer Morte et dans les terres bibliques exécuté de décembre 1850 à avril 1851, Livr. 15.</em> XXVI + 96 pp., pls 1-4. [> 1 December] Paris (Gide & J. Baudry)., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99038p
page(s): 66, pl. 2, figs 53, 54 [details]
page(s): 66, pl. 2, figs 53, 54 [details]
Note Type locality: ‘Artouse, en Syrie’. Heller...
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Type locality Type locality: ‘Artouse, en Syrie’. Heller et al. (2005) commented on it: "[the type locality given by Bourguginat] is problematic, because Pallary (1939) argued that there is no such site in Syria; he suggested that the type locality should be Tartous, on the Syrian coast. An inscription on the label of the type specimen also mentions Artous as being near Jericho. However, Artous (Artuz in modern maps) is a site south-west of Damascus. To conclude, within the southern Levant we could not determine the precise whereabouts of Artous, the type locality of M. saulcyi". [details]
Distribution Near East to Mesopotamia.
Distribution Near East to Mesopotamia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287744 on 2025-09-11
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Bourguignat, J.-R. (1853). Catalogue raisonné des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. F. de Saulcy pendant son voyage en Orient. <em>In: F. de Saulcy, Voyage autour de la Mer Morte et dans les terres bibliques exécuté de décembre 1850 à avril 1851, Livr. 15.</em> XXVI + 96 pp., pls 1-4. [> 1 December] Paris (Gide & J. Baudry)., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99038p
page(s): 66, pl. 2, figs 53, 54 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis jebusitica Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis hiera Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 121-122 [details]
basis of record Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
page(s): 248, fig. 15 A [details] Available for editors
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status source Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brackish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. Hetlingen, 399 pp.
page(s): 82, fig. 81 [details]
page(s): 66, pl. 2, figs 53, 54 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis jebusitica Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis hiera Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 121-122 [details]
basis of record Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
page(s): 248, fig. 15 A [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brackish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. Hetlingen, 399 pp.
page(s): 82, fig. 81 [details]
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Distribution Near East to Mesopotamia. [details]Type locality Type locality: ‘Artouse, en Syrie’. Heller et al. (2005) commented on it: "[the type locality given by Bourguginat] is problematic, because Pallary (1939) argued that there is no such site in Syria; he suggested that the type locality should be Tartous, on the Syrian coast. An inscription on the label of the type specimen also mentions Artous as being near Jericho. However, Artous (Artuz in modern maps) is a site south-west of Damascus. To conclude, within the southern Levant we could not determine the precise whereabouts of Artous, the type locality of M. saulcyi". [details]
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