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Melanopsis tumida Pallary, 1916 †
1420122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1420122)
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Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Taxonomic remark Pallary (1916) introduced this replacement for the presumed secondary homonym Melanopsis obesa (Philippi, 1887), non...
Taxonomic remark Pallary (1916) introduced this replacement for the presumed secondary homonym Melanopsis obesa (Philippi, 1887), non Gassies, 1856. Despite a valid nomenclatural act, the name is hardly useful because Philippi’s species is certainly no Melanopsidae. [details]
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Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 86 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 40, pl. 1, fig. 20 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 40, pl. 1, fig. 20 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Pallary (1916) introduced this replacement for the presumed secondary homonym Melanopsis obesa (Philippi, 1887), non Gassies, 1856. Despite a valid nomenclatural act, the name is hardly useful because Philippi’s species is certainly no Melanopsidae. [details]
