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Melania gourreti Roule, 1884 †
1422714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422714)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (status and classification uncertain)
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): 314, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 314, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
Note Fuveau and Puyloubier, Bouches-du-Rhône, and...
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Type locality Fuveau and Puyloubier, Bouches-du-Rhône, and Ollières, Var, France; late Santonian to Maastrichtian, 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): 314, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 314, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Fabre-Taxy (1959) synonymized the older name Melanopsis harpula Matheron, 1862 with this species without discussion (perhaps considering Matheron's name a nomen nudum). [details]Type locality Fuveau and Puyloubier, Bouches-du-Rhône, and Ollières, Var, France; late Santonian to Maastrichtian, late Cretaceous [details]
