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Melanopsis subfusiformis J. Morris, 1856 †
1422337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422337)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym
Species
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 155, pl. 6, figs 2, 3 [details]
page(s): 155, pl. 6, figs 2, 3 [details]
Note "From the Headon series", Isle of Wight, Great...
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Type locality "From the Headon series", Isle of Wight, Great Britain (no precise locality indicated, probably at Headon Hill) [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym of M. dufourii subfusiformis Grateloup, 1838; no replacement name or synonym known.
Homonymy Junior homonym of M. dufourii subfusiformis Grateloup, 1838; no replacement name or synonym known. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis subfusiformis J. Morris, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422337 on 2025-09-11
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Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 155, pl. 6, figs 2, 3 [details]
basis of record Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 2838 [details]
page(s): 155, pl. 6, figs 2, 3 [details]
basis of record Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 2838 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
